Despite a good crop of longer entries, I seemed to find Beelzebub relatively straightforward this week, making my way through unaided, with just the one slip at 5dn.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | CROSS-DATING – CROSS + (TIN in DAG). |
| 10 | REFIT – REF + IT. |
| 11 | ENNIUS – (INN in SUE)<. |
| 12 | VIBRISSAE – BRIS[k] in (I SAVE)*. |
| 13 | LEIR – RIEL<. |
| 16 | GRANULOSE – (SUGAR + ONE + L)*. |
| 17 | ELIMINATIONS – (I + MILE)< + NATIONS. |
| 18 | RANUNCULUSES – RAN + (NUCLEUS* in US). |
| 20 | SLAUGHTER – S + LAUGHTER. |
| 23 | SHOE – SHO[r]E. |
| 24 | AMBULACRA – (MAUL A CRAB)*. |
| 25 | TEA SET – TEASE + [bes]T. |
| 26 | NARES – [me]N ARE S[natching]. |
| 27 | NICKEL STEEL – (KEEN CELLIST)*. |
| Down | |
| 2 | REVEAL – EVER< + A L. |
| 3 | OFFICINAL – N in OFFICIAL along with two definitions, I think: “doctor’s” and “employed in a shop”. |
| 4 | STIRRINGS – STIR + RINGS. |
| 5 | DIBRANCHIATE – DAB + RACH + I ATE. The only D_B fish I could think of was DAB, so wrote that in. |
| 6 | AERONAUTICAL – (A REAL CAUTION)*. |
| 7 | IN SE – [r]IN SE. |
| 8 | GUANS – A in GUNS. |
| 9 | USELESSNESS – USE LESS + NESS. I thought this was fun, “conservation request” for USELESS. |
| 10 | ROLLERSKATE – ROLLER + SKATE. |
| 14 | OUTLEARNS – (US LATER + NO)*. |
| 15 | NOOSPHERE – SOON< + P + HERE. |
| 19 | EPOPEE – [th]E POPE E[ndeavours]. |
| 21 | LIMEN – LI + MEN. |
| 22 | FUSC – [to]FU’S C[harred]. |