Posted by Simon Harris on 13th May 2012
This seemed to be about average difficulty for Beelzebub, though with plenty of long anagrams and a relatively high number of forays north of the border.
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Posted by Simon Harris on 29th April 2012
Quite a tough week, though I think I’ve at least managed to expain everything. There seem to be relatively few anagrams this week, along with a great deal of abbreviations in the subsidiary indications.
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Posted by Simon Harris on 15th April 2012
A rare, completely unaided finish for me, though I did turn to Chambers a modest number of times while preparing the blog post.
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Posted by Simon Harris on 6th April 2012
I think I dodged a bullet here. Blogging the odd-numbered puzzles meant that I didn’t have to contend with the April Fools’ Day special, and instead drew this tractable but satisfying puzzle.
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Posted by Simon Harris on 25th March 2012
A pretty tough Beelzebub this week, I found. I think the fact that the four 12-letter longer words around the perimeter were all unfamiliar to me made it tougher to break into the grid. In fact, reading through the answers now, there’s a lot of unfamiliar material.
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Posted by Simon Harris on 11th March 2012
I hope this is roughly the appropriate date to post this one. Beelzebub competition closing dates seem to have shifted recently, to give solvers an extra week to get their entries in. We’re unsure whether this is a permanent change, but we’ll attempt to make sure we post the solutions after the printed closing dates.
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Posted by Jed on 26th February 2012
Tricky and enjoyable puzzle although I was caught out by having limited understanding of answers at 22a and 5d
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Posted by Simon Harris on 19th February 2012
Apologies for the tardy blog post here, poor old Beelzebub always seems to be the first to be neglected when things get hectic.
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Posted by Jed on 12th February 2012
Usual delightful variety to extend the vocabulary – 5d is one such. Once flew with 24a – there was a fly buzzing on the plane and we were served lukewarm, brown lemonade.
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Posted by Simon Harris on 5th February 2012
This was certainly the most challenging Beelzebub I’ve faced in a long while. I managed one entry (27ac) during the first sitting, and a disheartening zero entries during the second.
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Posted by Simon Harris on 22nd January 2012
A good challenge this week, with plenty of unfamiliar terms. I’m at a bit of a loss to explain 10dn, unfortunately.
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Posted by Simon Harris on 13th January 2012
We’ve had rather a long time to complete Beelzebub 1,139 for several reasons. I must admit I needed it: this seemed a very challenging puzzle.
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Posted by Simon Harris on 19th December 2011
My original post here suggested that yesterday’s Beelzebub was unfortunately printed with an incorrect grid. However, and with thanks to commenters for the clarification, it turns out that while the grid was correct, the printed clues were from a later puzzle.
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Posted by Simon Harris on 11th December 2011
A great puzzle as always. Perhaps medium difficulty for a Beelzebub, but incorporating plenty of new words and phrases with which to wrestle.
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Posted by Jed on 4th December 2011
Some cracking words amongst the solutions especially 1a,18a, 3d and 8d
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Posted by Simon Harris on 27th November 2011
Perhaps a medium-paced week for Beelzebub, so not the easiest of puzzles by any means. Still, with a bit of persistence, I managed all but a couple of answers without resorting to aids. Of course, Chambers came out to help finish things off and put the blog together.
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Posted by Jed on 20th November 2011
Straightforward puzzle this week with some smashing, previously unknown words – 5a, 30a and 1d in particular
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