Beelzebub 1104

Another tough call this week from the prince of the fallen angels   Across 1  Painter’s coloured in nonsense BOSCH    C in BOSH 6  Newspaper’s to follow the crowd RAGTAG    RAG+TAG … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,103 (10/04/11)

Of the last two weeks’ Beelzebub puzzles, I think I got lucky, having struggled to get anywhere with 1,102, and having raced through this one unaided. *=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1102

Across 1       How youth get carried away? There’s benefit around new theatre SNAKEBOARDS N in SAKE  + BOARDS  (not in Chambers) 11     Supporting beam, very much  still alive … Read more >>

beelzebub 1100

? This puzzle is cleverly and wittily misleading in places such as 25down ( )* = anagram    [ ] = omitted    < = reversed Across 2 Crises? Energy and information used … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1098

Couple of unresolved issues at 12across and 24across ( )* = anagram    < = reverse    [ ] = omitted    dd = double definition Across 2    I chance upsetting one … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1096

Some rare gems are revealed in the answers of this week’s puzzle ( )* = anagram    [ ] = omitted    < = reversed Across 1   It’s mostly separate, and also … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,095 (13/02/11)

A pretty tough week for Beelzebub, I found, taking me several sessions over the course of the week to complete. *=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. Across 1 WATER BOATMAN – … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1094

Following the lead of some of the others who blog prize crosswords I’ve included the clues. Would welcome feedback to see if it was worth the effort. < reverse     ( )* … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,093 (30/01/11)

A relatively tractable solve for the most part this week, with some rather playful clueing. I did have to check a small number of entries in Chambers though. Finally, 20dn required some creative … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1092

Beelzebub has certainly thrown down the gauntlet with this cruciverbal challenge *  anagram    dd  double definition   () omitted   < reverse ACROSS 2  JUSTE MILIEU IM JULIET SUE* 9  NAPPE NAPPE(R) … Read more >>

Beelzebub 1,091 (16/01/11)

A slightly strange week for me. I found this quite tough going and ended up writing in quite a few without following the wordplay. Strangely enough, everything seems perfectly clear on blogging, though … Read more >>