All 'bets Are Off
By teamcrazymatt
Each letter of the alphabet begins one and only one answer; clues are listed in
alphabetical order. It is up to the solver to figure out the correct
way to arrange the answers in the grid. First letters of answers must be
omitted before inserting the answers into the grid; the removed first letter
is not clued in the wordplay.
Clues:
| A | Objects to conservative swear consuming citizen losing head (11) |
| B | Guy's stories featuring Rex blowing his top (5) |
| C | Eccentric senoritas' axiom can in the end stand talk (5-11) |
| D | I note figure can become wider (9) |
| E | French woman to shoulder ornament (9) |
| F | Endlessly making up the start of original plan: putting round glimpse of major spoiler (3,2,3,8) |
| G | Cooks roil lady stuck in the middle with old leader of Israel (5,4) |
| H | Corkscrew opening just over half of potions (5) |
| I | Vital blunder, in retrospect: forgiving while holding onto bit of envy (13) |
| J | Difficult cycling following second of losing control (8) |
| K | Inspired dirt-poor person like me (7,6) |
| L | Intense bats - they cause runs? (8) |
| M | Exotic cityscape embracing height of mediumistic phenomena (11) |
| N | Example: demand noisily to set sights on claimed victory (4,3) |
| O | Signs of division between couple of bigwigs are extreme and lengthy, to start (5) |
| P | Groom's lip beginning to pulse (5) |
| Q | Held back by ulna trauma occuring every four days (7) |
| R | Rogues bum around West Coast state (7) |
| S | For example, floppies stormed, preceding English wrongdoings after time out (7,7) |
| T | Warm state - awesome state - sees constant step-up (9) |
| U | Wild in lives, I'd admit roughly! (11) |
| V | Not at first believing criminal to be captivated by vacuous Irish actress (6,5) |
| W | Crash into clearing with energy rising at moonshine (5,9) |
| X | Like some crosswords, wildly inane, assuming setter (8) |
| Y | One who gets longer? (7) |
| Z | You see, online chat comes before one is a vegetable (8) |
