Beelzebub

I have to admit I found Beelzebub particularly challenging this week. It took perhaps three or four sittings as opposed to the usual one or two to finish off. The exact construction of … Read more >>

A bit of a hurried post from me this week, squeezed into a brief break from a mind-numbing overdue calculus assignment. *=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. Across 1 UNPRINCIPLED – … Read more >>

The usual flawless clueing and a good handful of new words for me. Clarification would be appreciated at 24dn – I assume it’s a combination of two of the many soldier-related acronyms, but … Read more >>

I think this was all fairly straightforward, relatively speaking, although the gap between solving and blogging was perhaps allowed to grow too long for me recall in detail how I found it. I … Read more >>

*=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 >>