Beelzebub 1,175 – Fifteensquared

A slightly rushed post as I’m fairly late with this. One that I’m not sure about at 1dn.

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.

Across
1	DABBLER – A B[i]BLE in DR.
7	SHAH – HAS* + H.
10	AGIOTAGE – (IOTA + G) in AGE.
11	SHRIVELLED – SHRIVE + DELL<.
12	PRESS – dd.
13	PLANAR – LAN[d] in PAR.
14	SECTS – SEC + ST<.
17	SMASH-AND-GRAB – (BAGS HARD MAN’S)*.
18	SERPENT-EATER – (R + PEN + TEAT) in (SEE + R).
23	MARSH – MAR + SH.
25	SOMATA – ATOMS* + A.
26	ZOOEA – ZOO + EA.
27	DUNDERFUNK – (UNDER + FUN) in DK.
28	EVACUATE – AVE< + CU[r]ATE.
29	DEFY – DEF + Y.
30	MAHSEER – SHAM< + [v]EER.

Down
1	DISPOSSESSED – I can’t quite see how the “concessions” bit of this works: Finished protecting existence with special concessions upset and deprived.
2	ASHRAM – ASH + RAM.
3	BARESARK – BARES ARK, presumably from the same etymology as “berserk”.
4	BRISE – B[ring] + RISE.
5	EGESTA – (SEA GETS)*.
6	COLLIDER – COL + [g]LIDER.
7	STEAL – hom. of “steel”.
8	AGLAIA – LAI[r] in AGA.
9	HEARTBREAKER – (ART in HEBRE[w]) + RAKE*.
15	CHESTNUT – C + H.E. + STUNT*.
16	ARTHOUSE – SHOUT* in ERA<.
19	EVOLVE – from (V + LOVE)< + E.
20	TAPETA – TAPE + T.A.
21	EGENCE – E.G. + [f]ENCE.
22	SAUCY – UC in SAY.
24	SOFAS – [place]S OF A[ssembly].

2 comments on “Beelzebub 1,175”

Hi Simon

1dn: “concessions” is SOPS, so it is (ESSE + S + SOPS)< in DID.

Ah yes, that makes sense. I’d convinced myself that the SP was “special”, which didn’t leave me much to work with. Thanks for the explanation!

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