Beelzebub 1214

Excellent as usual

 

 

 

 

Across

1”You’re another,” said Aberdonian in old cap TU QUOQUE (Latin)

QUO (said Scots) in TUQUE (Canadian cap)

7 American money keeping American in step PEAG

A (American) in PEG (step)

10 United brought in regarding temper INURE U (united) in IN RE (regarding)

11 Disorder favouring intervening in Egypt and Syria? UPROAR

PRO (favouring) in UAR (United Arab Republic)

12 Water and shaft mostly depicted by Impressionist PISSARRO

PISS (water) ARRO[w] (shaft mostly)

14 Greeting misery with love HELLO HELL (misery) O (love)

15 Dispute after half of this project THROW TH[is] ROW (dispute)

16 A requirement when turning over fruit SATSUMA

A MUST AS< (a requirement when) turned

18 Start to digest veal – is it any cut to be digested? INSALIVATE

(VEAL IS IT AN[y])*

20 New head ignoring one recall of slaves? That’s sensible NO-NONSENSE

N ON[i]ON (head minus one) ESNES< (slaves recalled)

24 Lists places visited on holiday, with recollection of desire TOURNEY

TOUR (holiday) YEN< (desire back)

26 One unknown period of time – not second, month IYYAR

I (one) Y (unknown) Y[e]AR (period of time minus 2nd letter)

27 Place securing attention, a prime example PEARL

EAR (attention) in PL (place)

29 Expert with bottle limiting run of infected cells ? PROVIRAL

PRO (expert) R (run) in VIAL

30 Civilised practice no longer involves restriction URBANE

BAN (restriction) in URE (practice – obsolete)

31 Expression of disappointment about one attempt at disguise ALIAS

I (one) in ALAS (expression of disappointment)

32 Man’s core element of group? THEO THE O (middle letter of group)

33 A codger’s decomposing here? GOD’S ACRE &lit burial ground

(A CODGERS)*

Down

1 Short person longing to have it elevated TICH ITCH (longing IT<)

2 Open water in a French lake UNSEAL UN (a French) SEA (water) L (lake)

3 Padding material even including line in gaberdine initially QUILTING

L (line) in QUIT (even) IN G[aberdine]

4 Pictures not showing Manet’s initial range URALS [m]URALS (pictures)

5 Interrogator fairly right about unknown farm QUIZMASTER

MAS (farm) in QUITE (fairly) R (right)

6 Sculptor using expanded polystyrene with base in metal EPSTEIN

EPS (expanded polystyrene) E (base – maths) in TIN (metal)

7 Cheer in turning up boat  PRAHU RAH (cheer) in UP<

8 Man accepted heartless crime AARON A (accepted) AR[s]ON (crime)

9 Become wary, with one of pair leaving for retreat GROWLERY

GROW (become) LE[e]RY (wary minus E)

13 Marine creature butchered for soap dealer SEA LEOPARD

(SOAP DEALER)*

16 Wrong incision circling one soft region of skull SINCIPUT

SIN (wrong) I (one) P (soft) in CUT (incision)

17 Wild, wild cinema ad MAENADIC (CINEMA AD)*

19 Angry, not using line – using net? SNARING SNAR[l]ING (angry)

21 Woman’s to secure old garden HERBAR

HER (woman’s) BAR (secure – obsolete)

22 Gosh, two kings heading for home – with third presenting this? MYRRH

MY (gosh) RR (2 kings) H[ome]

23 Starts to do a voyage around old city in Philippines DAVAO

D[o] A V[oyage] A[round] O[ld]

25 Put back all but last two partitions REPLA REPLA[ce] (put back)

28 Fail? Very near, missing first LOSE [c]LOSE (near)

( )* = anagram    < = reverse    [ ] = omit

 

1 comment on “Beelzebub 1214”

  1. Thanks for this. I found this a bit tougher than usual, and there were several I couldn’t parse. Usually finish this on Sunday, but it was sometime on Monday afternoon I finished this week.

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