Brilliant, finally a whole Beelzebub completed without recourse to references, and in reasonably good time too. Whilst I’d like to think I’m getting better, it seems more likely that this was a relatively easy week.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 4 | GOSLARITE – (GALORE IT’S)*. |
| 11 | AREA – A REA[der]. |
| 12 | ICEMAN – CINEMA*. |
| 13 | MANSHIFT – ANS in MIFT[y]. |
| 14 | CERI – C + IRE<. |
| 15 | VENICE GLASS – ‘VE + (G in NICE LASS). |
| 16 | REEF – FREE, with the front F “moving to back”. |
| 17 | DEIFISAL – IF I’S in DEAL. |
| 18 | AFRAID – A + F + RAID. |
| 24 | TABRET – from BATTER, with each half reversed separately, so BAT< + TER<. |
| 26 | ARCH-POET – (CH + Edgar Allen POE) in ART. |
| 27 | FEAR – FEA[t] + R. |
| 29 | NUCLEAR FUEL – (LANCE RUEFUL)*. |
| 30 | ESME – [relativ]ES ME[ant]. |
| 31 | OVERSTEP – OVERS + PET<. |
| 32 | SOFTIE – OFT in SI[t]E. Really nice clue. |
| 33 | HERA – HER A. |
| 34 | TELEOSTEI – LEO in (TEST + ID<). |
| Down | |
| 1 | CAMERA – CAME + AR[m]<. |
| 2 | GRAVE – triple definition. |
| 3 | VENEERS – EN in VEERS. |
| 5 | OPHIDIA – OP + HID + I + A. |
| 6 | SLICED LOAVES – (LOCAL DEVISES)*. A reference to the saying The best thing since sliced bread. |
| 7 | LIFE INTEREST – (I.E. RENT ITSELF)*. |
| 8 | RECLIMB – REC + LIMB. |
| 9 | TARSAL – TAR S[e]AL. |
| 10 | ENISLE – (IS L[ively]) in ENE. |
| 19 | ATHLETE – LET in HEAT* &lit. |
| 20 | FAT-FREE – AFTER* in Fe. |
| 21 | GREETER – ([mal]E [chauvinis]T) in Germaine GREER. |
| 22 | SANEST – SA + NEST. |
| 23 | CRUSOE – SO in CRUE. |
| 25 | TREPAN – T + REP + AN. |
| 28 | ALERT – R[oadworks] in A LET. |