Beelzebub 1,350

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Just the one thing that I can’t quite see, at 33 across.

*=anagram, []=dropped, <=reversed. Hover to expand abbreviations.

Across
4 VULSELLAE – (L + L) in (LEAVE US)*.
11 ERNANI – AN in (IN RE)<.
12 UNDER – [bl]UNDER.
13 TAYRA – Y in TARA.
14 NEAP – A in PEN<.
15 AWHILE – HIL[l] in AWE.
16 VIEWLY – VIE + W[i]LY.
17 BLOCK RELEASE – (LOCK + RELE[t]) in BASE.
18 ROWENA – (A + NEW + OR)<. Lady Rowena, from Scott’s Ivanhoe.
23 LAOGAI – GOAL< + A + I.
25 WILD WILLIAMS – sort of a reverse anagram, as (I + SAWMILL)*.
27 SEAMAS – from SEAMAN, changing N to S. Stokes is “the CGS unit of kinematic viscosity”.
28 ALL-RED – ALL[u]RED.
30 INGO – [l]INGO.
31 CIRRI – C + [a]IR + [a]IR<.
32 COATI – COATI[ng].
33 CASEIN – Protein having point for example.
34 GYNAECEUM – (CUE GAY MEN)*.
Down
1 BETA – BET + A.
2 WRAWL – W + RAW + [yow]L. From Spenser, hence “in verse”.
3 ANYHOW – (NY + HO) in AW.
4 VARICES – C in VARIES.
5 LIBERALISTIC – L[iberal] + (IE T BLAIR IS)* + C[onservative].
6 SURVEILLANCE – (NUCLEAR EVILS)*.
7 ENSILE – [t]ENSILE.
8 LEEWAY – WEE< in LAY.
9 ARAL SEA – ALS[o] in AREA.
10 EMPYESIS – EMP + YES + IS.
17 BROWSING – BROW + SING.
19 ORIENCY – (RICE ON) + [cole]Y.
20 ZOILISM – OZ< + (I SLIM)*.
21 FLAGON – FLAG ON.
22 TWAITE – IT in TWAE.
24 GARRET – (A in GR) + RET[e].
26 MERIT – M + TIRE<.
29 DING – D ING, as in Doctor of Engineering.

 

2 comments on “Beelzebub 1,350”

  1. Simon, if you put point after 33 across you get case in point. Quite droll I thought.

    Rather a good puzzle,

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