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*=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 … Read more >>

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. A jolly good week for me, and I think I’ve managed to explain everything though I had lots to learn as always. Across 1 CARBONADO … Read more >>

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. Quite tough going for me this week, and there’s a couple I’m not sure about, as is usually the case! Across 1 PUDDING-TIME – PUDDING … Read more >>

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. Top stuff as always. I think I’ve managed to explain everything, but there’s a couple I’m a bit shaky on. Across 1 STICK INSECT – … Read more >>

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. I thought this was going to be the week that Beelzebub defeated me. I wrote in entirely the wrong answer at 3dn which left the … Read more >>

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. Fairly straightforward this week, with very few sticking points and nothing that really needs explaining. Enjoyable all the same, and there are some cracking words … Read more >>

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. Really nice puzzle, just one question from me at 15. Across 1 DISPOSSESSED – DISSED “about” POSSES. 10 INTO – [jo]INT O[perations]. 11 STRUTHIO – … Read more >>

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. Quite tough going this week but I got there, albeit lacking explanations for a couple (14 and 4, for which I’ve reproduced the wordplay here). … Read more >>

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. Excellent stuff as always. I found it unusually tough to get started, but then things started to flow nicely. Across 1 ROSY – ROS[-ar]Y. 4 … Read more >>

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. I found this unusually tough this week, but no less enjoyable for it. There’s at least of couple of lovely long anagrams which I particularly … Read more >>

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. I seemed to race through this one, although writing in USABLE at 16ac eventually caught up with me. Many thanks to Gaufrid for helping me … Read more >>

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. All back to normal this week after a couple of themed Beelzebubs, with clueing as solid as ever. The eagle-eyed may question how Beelzebub 1,001 … Read more >>

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. What with last week‘s excitement, and a further auspicious puzzle number, one wondered what to expect this week. What we got was an understated theme, … Read more >>

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. This was a very enjoyable puzzle indeed. The bank holiday weekend and an auspicious puzzle number seem to have contributed to something of a change … Read more >>

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. I found this tough going this week, and still haven’t managed to explain 12. There’s some splendid clueing in there though, including at least two … Read more >>