Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Puzzle No. 19: The Annual Problem

The Annual Problem

By teamcrazymatt
With the school year complete, it seemed like the time for an aptly-themed grid. Good luck, and make the most of it!
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Squares filled: 0/153
Exolve Print Notes Jotter

Across
1Supply bananas to capture a teen aquatic mammal (8)
6Goes against abandoning work positions (5)
9Have many other state leaders produced insurance groups? (4)
10Retiring, live mostly in normal building, a bygone-era house (5,5)
11Found native has a grasp on love verse, at first (8)
12Scammer of note in deep sleep before noon (3,3)
13Smart person strips three layers off of dinner date (4)
15Mole in northeast US is violent, primarily (5)
17Slew of energetic educators (4)
18Poet's before queen at end of queue (3)
19Conditions to become transfixed when relaxing with tax nerd? (3)
20, 7d20, 7dSci-fi villain often lets in vice - it's mad (4,9)
22American transfer closed retrospective (5)
23Firm loses second dispute (4)
25Beating wild boar while wielding hollow torch (6)
27Bar drawing out drop of Southern Comfort - it's cherished (8)
29Young lads repeatedly repurpose what's found in lochs by... (10)
30...excluding taking drug to support... (4)
31...disgusting mess of sanity; one gets out (5)
32Start to season, trim, and roast cut of meat (5,3)

Down
2Lean, I'm almost full, throwing up layers (7)
3British grocer's set-up company (5)
4Applied cook earned tip (9)
5Concluding statements contain rave interpretation about long breaks in America (6,9)
6Doctor's helper, endlessly pleasant, is freak (5)
7See 20a
8Misrepresented faults of excellent poisonous salt (7)
14Mad captivating run for noisy sea (9)
16Song during sail around Martin's lakes once (6,3)
21Sign on a note about a new Catholic home (7)
24Fair? Unbalanced about mistake of automaker (7)
26Act aggressively towards others? Well done! (5)
2830's fantastic sword (5)

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