A relatively swift, but not unenjoyable, solve this week. Not an unaided finish though, as I did have to check a few unfamiliar terms and senses in the book before entry, for example 28ac and the “thief” sense of 24ac.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | VISAGISTE – SAG IS in VITE. |
| 10 | ROUTINEER – I in (NERO + TRUE)*. |
| 11 | ROOSA – R + O + OS + A. |
| 13 | RACEME – R + (E in ACME). |
| 14 | GROTTOES – (ROT + T) in GOES. |
| 15 | EDDY – [old-fashion]ED DY[namo]. |
| 16 | QUIRE – U in (QI + RE). |
| 17 | THERMOSTAT – MOST in THE RAT. |
| 19 | INFIDELITY – [al]L in (I IDENTIFY)*. |
| 23 | NARCO – [u]N[f]A[i]R [a]C[t]O[r]. |
| 24 | PRIG – dd. |
| 26 | FINALISE – FIN + (S in A LIE). |
| 27 | SEGUED – (G + U) in SEED. |
| 28 | RAMIN – RAM + IN. |
| 29 | SLIP-COACH – (CHIPS + COLA)*. |
| 30 | SURCARGE – CHAR in SURGE. |
| Down | |
| 1 | VERGER – V + [m]ERGER. |
| 2 | INORDINATELY – IN + ((DIN + ATE) in ORLY). |
| 3 | SNOOD – NO in SOD. |
| 4 | GOATEE – GOA + TEE. |
| 5 | STREAMLINE – (TALES + MINER)*. |
| 6 | ENCRUST – ([cha]N[cel] in ECRU) + ST. |
| 7 | PEEWIT – WEE< in PIT. |
| 8 | DEMORALISING – (MAD RELIGIONS)*. |
| 9 | BREVET – REV in BET. |
| 12 | CORREGIDOR – E.G. in CORRIDOR. |
| 18 | HICCUPS – (C + Cu) in HIPS. |
| 19 | IN ESSE – [f]INESSE. |
| 20 | FRIGID – RIG in FID. |
| 21 | INARCH – (C + RANI)< + H. |
| 22 | EGENCE – [detectiv]E + GEN + CE. |
| 25 | RIMER – [p]RIMER. |
My first Beelzebub, so I don’t know whether it was a typical example. I did enjoy it a lot though. I thought the cluing was very accurate and although there were a few unfamiliar words, I didn’t need a dictionary trawl to solve. Look forward to attempting another one when I next buy an IOS. Thanks for the blog Simon.