Simon Harding

Beelzebub 1,280

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About average difficulty this week, I’d say, with some very interesting bits and bobs of language in there. I did have to cheat quite shamelessly to get AMICUS CURIAE and PRECISIVE, though they … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,279

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All very smooth and pleasing this week. I didn’t get an uninterrupted session to work on this, but instead steadily picked away during the week, which actually worked quite well. I just had … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,278

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A very tough week, I thought. Plenty of nice long entries to work through though, which was pleasing. I think I’ve managed to explain everything this week, though I can’t claim to have … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,277

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All very smooth this week, though not unchallenging. There are some particularly nice surface readings, while if someone could confirm 23 down, I’d be grateful. *=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,276

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This all seemed fairly straightforward for the most part, with Chambers just required to wrap up a few loose ends. The bit where I am stumped is 25 down. The initial letter is … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,275

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Quite a challenge this week, I thought. I made steady progress through the week, but eventually had to resort to all kinds of cheating to finish, particularly for some of the longer, rarer … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,274

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Definitely at the easier end of the Beelzebub spectrum. I fairly raced through this, and it might have been an unaided, single-sitting finish had I not had to check a couple in Chambers. … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,272

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An interesting grid this week, with quite a few short entries and 90° rotational symmetry. I did feel the grid rendered the four quarters of the grid a little isolated, making one or … Read more >>