Beelzebub No 1224

This was somewhat different – could maybe be another compiler – devices such as subtractive anagram at 3d not seen here before – and 9d …..

 

 

 

 

Across

5 Strained about my revolutionary repetitive name TAUTONYM

TAUT (strained) ON (about) MY<

12 Not kosher – reverse of suitable – about to tuck in TREIF

RE (about) in FIT< (suitable reversed)

13 Print resolution? dd RUN OFF (print) RUN-OFF (resolution)

14 Cut, applied to horse joint ROACH dd (trim horse’s mane) (reefer)

15 Nets very much recalled for fish OSSETER

RETES (nets) SO (very much)< (recalled)

16 Crumbly crouton I’d try for a start INTRODUCTORY (CROUTON ID TRY)*

17 Fish swallowing no current in solid form CONOID

NO I (current) in COD (fish)

19 Underwear? None, we hear KNICKS sounds like NIX (none)

20 One to work with several computers after backing American counterpart

ANALOG &lit A (one) (GO + LAN)< GO (work) LAN (local area network)

GO (work) LAN (local area network) A (American)< (backing)

22 Aping Coleridge is adopted by huge number LAKISH IS in LAKH (100,000)

25 Mysterious bog filling region endlessly ARCANE CAN (bog) in ARE[a]

29 Swimmers pass on, having ingested it NEKTON

T (it) in NEK (pass) ON

30 Two lots of people eating fish, tucking into dry component of food

TRACE ELEMENT EEL (fish) in RACE MEN (people x 2) in TT (dry)

31 Bone marrow? Refer male back MEDULLA ALLUDE (refer) M (male)<

32 Disturbed sea repelled excellent fish PIRAI

RIP< (broken water back) AI (excellent)

33 Individual retaining position at hand? ONSITE SIT (position) in ONE

34 Judge fool to have spiritual knowledge JNANA J (judge) NANA (fool)

35 Street-seller father encountered around terrace PATTERER

TER (terrace) in PATER (father)

Down

1 Remove surplus from special filter STRICKLE S (special) TRICKLE (filter)

2 One striker’s latest failure, picked up regarding transfer IRON-ON

I (one) [strike]R NONO< (failure up)

3 A _______ home would have bohemian take, possibly BEATNIK &lit

(A BEATNIK HOME)* = (BOHEMIAN TAKE)*

4 Crystal device in audio item our critic rubbished MICROCIRCUIT

(ITEM OUR CRITIC)*

6 Theologian filling nineteen letters in dispute AT ODDS

DD (theologian) in A TO S (19 letters)

7 Romeo enthralled by usual flighty girl URSULA

8 Second person in France to observe local Italian TUSCAN

TU (2nd person in French) SCAN (observe)

9 Crude view of ‘dick ornament’ – having this? ONE-TRACK MIND &lit

(DICK ORNAMENT)*

10 Taboo idea I dropped NOT ON NOTION (idea) minus I

11 Official held up by the old, no longer in company YFERE REF< in YE

18 25 upset about its elevation, describing certain factors AGENTIAL

IT< in (ANLAGE)* (answer to 25 upset)

21 Side part not now having aluminium added LATERAL

LATER (not now) AL (aluminium)

23 Moulded steel encasing volume with slender form SVELTE

V (volume) in (STEEL)*

24 Aussie dog heading off cyclist HEELER [w]HEELER (cyclist)

25 Anti-fascists a long time in embryonic stage ANLAGE

ANL (Anti-Nazi League) AGE (a long time)

26 Hydrocarbon observed in reaction on an ester NONANE

hidden in [reactio]N ON AN E[ster]

27 Stadium a long time in rising ARENA AN ERA< (a long time rising)

28 Possessed Biblical document signed in cardinal’s office HADST

D (document) S (signed) in HAT (cardinal’s office)

( )* = anagram    [ ] = omit    dd = double definition    < = reverse

definitions in bold italics

 

 

 

 

 

2 comments on “Beelzebub No 1224”

  1. Thanks Jed.

    Over at the New Statesman, Otterden uses a lot of subtractive anagrams, today’s puzle being typical.

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