*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
I thought this was a vintage week for Beelzebub and I spent a solid hour or so engrossed in it – a very pleasant way to spend part of a Sunday evening.
Nice to see a familiar name this week in the winners for 1,009, although it’s interesting that the Indy move me to a different part of London every time I win something 🙂
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | AESC – A + ESC. The letter Æ or æ from Old English. |
| 4 | JAILBAIT – J + AIL + (BIT about A). |
| 10 | UNSHOT – (HUTS ON)*. |
| 11 | TILLER – I think this is a triple def. with farmer/handle for turning a rudder/growth from a side-shoot growing from the base of corn. |
| 12 | CACOGRAPHY – . |
| 13 | INTREPID – (I PRINTED)*. |
| 15 | SAGA – SAG + A. |
| 16 | AKELA – [l]AKELA[nd]. |
| 18 | TRICYCLE – TRICE “occupied by” (YC + L). |
| 21 | NARCOSIS – SC[e]NARIOS*. |
| 24 | CREEK – C + REEK. |
| 25 | UNBE – B “in embrace of” UNE. |
| 27 | DISINTER – D + 1 + SINTER. |
| 28 | SELF-BOUNTY – (BOY’S FLUENT)*. |
| 29 | AMOURS – [f]AMOUS “taking in” R. |
| 30 | LURDAN – L[ook] + U[nder] + R[eefs] + AND*. |
| 31 | RUELLIAS – RUE + (IS ALL)*. |
| 32 | YULE – Y[o]U L[ik]E. |
| Down | |
| 1 | AUTISTIC – A[r]TISTIC “about” [yo]U, I think, although I seem to have some clue leftover! “Imagination’s not right about you, ultimately – in thrall to imagination’s right“. |
| 2 | ENSNARERS – R in NEARNESS*. |
| 3 | CHARACTERFUL – CHAL “nursing” FRACTURE*. |
| 4 | JOCELYN – (JOY about CEL) + N. |
| 5 | ATOPIC – A TOPIC. |
| 6 | IT GIRL – (I TIRL) “seizing” G. |
| 7 | BLACK COUNTRY – (BALCONY TRUCK)*. |
| 8 | ALPHEUS – HUE* “passing through” APLS. |
| 9 | TRYP – TRY + P. |
| 14 | ILLIBERAL – ILL + (BLAIR + E)*. |
| 17 | ANSERINE – (SER in INANE)*. |
| 19 | ICE FLOE – ICE + (L in FOE). |
| 20 | ECHINUS – ECH IN US. |
| 22 | ARIOSI – ARIO[t] + IS<. |
| 23 | ROSULA – ROS[e] + [j]UL[y] + A. I’m not sure about ROS from “mostly shot up”, but that’s what my notes say. |
| 26 | TSAR – TAR “restricting” S. |