Apologies for the later than usual blog. I only found out yesterday that I was expected to work today. So anyway, here's Beelzebub 1,027, which I found to be a fair bit more challenging than recent puzzles.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | SANSERIF – (S “restrained by” SANER) + IF. “S” for “strangeness”, from physics, was a new abbreviation to me. |
| 7 | HALL – H + ALL. |
| 10 | MINEFIELD – MILD “accepting” (FEE IN)*. |
| 11 | PONG – dd. |
| 12 | PALABRA – PAL + AB + RA. |
| 13 | PLANET-STRUCK – PLAN + TEST* + RUCK. |
| 15 | LIVID – L + DIVI<. |
| 18 | SLABBERY – SLY “to capture” [j]ABBER. |
| 19 | VILIPEND – V + I + LIP + END. |
| 22 | AEDES – [larv]AE DES[troyed]. |
| 23 | DECALCOMANIA – (LEAN ACADEMIC)*. |
| 24 | ASINICO – (1 + C) in [c]ASINO. |
| 25 | KILL – dd. |
| 26 | PECCARIES – PEC + CARIES. |
| 27 | EYRE – hom. of “air”. |
| 28 | APIARIES – PI in (A + ARIES). |
| Down | |
| 1 | SUPPLY – SUP + PLY. |
| 2 | AEOLIPILE – (I + LO + EA)< + PILE. |
| 3 | SIGNIFICANCE – (FIGS IN)* + (CAN in ICE). |
| 4 | ENZED – Z in DENE<. |
| 5 | REPTILES – (E + PT) in RILES. |
| 6 | FILTH – F + [t]ILTH. |
| 7 | HEART-BREAKER – (ART in HEBRE[w]) + RAKE*. |
| 8 | ALBUMEN – (BUM in ALE) + N. |
| 9 | LEAKEY – LEA + KEY. |
| 14 | CORBEILLE – COR + (BEE “around” ILL). |
| 16 | TANDOORI – (AID OR NOT)*. |
| 17 | GLACIER – G + (LIE “about” AC) + R. |
| 19 | VIDAME – VIE “to protect” DAM. |
| 20 | PSALMS – PS + ALMS. |
| 21 | PLICA – C in (AIL + P)<. |
| 22 | AMNIA – A + MAIN*. |