Puzzle No. 30: All 'bets Are Off

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.

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Crossword ID: xet-kt5u9h

Exolve v1.61 February 22, 2025 Report-Bug Exolve-on-GitHub Community
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Software: Exet
Version: v0.57 October 8 2021
Lexicon: ukacd18-lufz-v0.04
Timestamp: Thu Oct 14 2021 16:12:31 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

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Clues:

A	Objects to conservative swear consuming citizen losing head (11) (C + CUSS) cont. nATIVE
B	Guy's stories featuring Rex blowing his top (5) LORE, R -> K
C	Eccentric senoritas' axiom can in the end stand talk (5-11) (SENORITAS' AXIOM)* + caN
D	I note figure can become wider (9) I + LA + TABLE
E	French woman to shoulder ornament (9) PAULETTE
F	Endlessly making up the start of original plan: putting round glimpse of major spoiler (3,2,3,8) LYINg + THE + Original + (INTENT cont. Major)
G	Cooks roil lady stuck in the middle with old leader of Israel (5,4) ROIL* cont. DAME
H	Corkscrew opening just over half of potions (5) ELIXirs
I	Vital blunder, in retrospect: forgiving while holding onto bit of envy (13) ERR rev. + (PLACABLE cont. Envy)
J	Difficult cycling following second of losing control (8) STICKY cycled after lOsing
K	Inspired dirt-poor person like me (7,6) (INSPIRED DIRT)*
L	Intense bats - they cause runs? (8) INTENSE*
M	Exotic cityscape embracing height of mediumistic phenomena (11) CITYSCAPE* cont. H
N	Example: demand noisily to set sights on claimed victory (4,3) (AIM WON) hom.
O	Signs of division between couple of bigwigs are extreme and lengthy, to start (5) BIgwigs cont. (Extreme + Lengthy)
P	Groom's lip beginning to pulse (5) [PRIMP] RIM + Pulse
Q	Held back by ulna trauma occuring every four days (7) HA rev. in ulNA TRAUma
R	Rogues bum around West Coast state (7) ASS cont. CAL
S	For example, floppies stormed, preceding English wrongdoings after time out (7,7) (RAGED + E + VICES) after TO
T	Warm state - awesome state - sees constant step-up (9) EPICNESS, C -> D
U	Wild in lives, I'd admit roughly! (11) (IN LIVES I'D)* cont. C, &lit
V	Not at first believing criminal to be captivated by vacuous Irish actress (6,5) bELIEVING* in IrisH
W	Crash into clearing with energy rising at moonshine (5,9)
X	Like some crosswords, wildly inane, assuming setter (8) INANE* cont. ME
Y	One who gets longer? (7) [YEARNER] EARNER
Z	You see, online chat comes before one is a vegetable (8) U C + CHIN + I