Thursday, January 27, 2022

Puzzle No. 42: Luxury Tax

Luxury Tax

By teamcrazymatt
Another MyCrossword offering (#296). Good luck!
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Squares filled: 0/149
Exolve Print Notes Jotter

Across
8Setter omitted from personal photos to increase dignity (4-6)
9Rare times involving the upper class seeing red (4)
10Said no to communist securing release (8)
11Back-of-paper article read before special journalist filed (6)
12Not the first to fall on grand vessel (6)
14Preferred to focus on behavior inside, certain to be punished by touch of electrocution (8)
15Foursome includes king's kinky wet love shortly before midnight (7,2,6)
18Getting even with hunting eradicated snake and chicken, to begin with (8)
20Cut out old 101 Dalmatians ending with energy (6)
22Boy to menace small flowers (6)
23Loosening up on sport in Guinea (8)
25What's in back of quack institution? Some mediocre joint (4)
26Lorry close, going around car (5-5)

Down
1Discovered the beret in this place (4)
2Purport to bring about result (6)
3In a way, could be sweatier (2,2,4)
4Author dazzled large lunatic repressing tantrum (5,10)
5Endlessly get better at make up (6)
6Guard piano store (8)
7Challenge one opposing England beginning to score goals (10)
13The same base Parisian who finds books under valley (10)
16Freed soldiers' partners love this one date (8)
17Band of punks ruined chalets north of Hungary (3,5)
19Circular ball removed from stonier ground (6)
21Type about to kiss before early sign of nuptials (6)
24Chip raised family, bearing first of children (4)

Sunday, January 16, 2022

Puzzle No. 41: Jeering

Jeering

By teamcrazymatt
This puzzle is my MyCrossword debut (#285); I thought I'd post it here too. Enjoy!
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Squares filled: 0/162
Exolve Print Notes Jotter

Across
1Gentle and quiet until in the end it corrodes (6)
4Extremists left head of some decapitated one across a river (8)
10Start to acquire harvest once more (5)
11A pilot steering, beholding nothing out over castle (9)
12Cryptically put bug away? Swell! (9)
13Building block of essentially healthy self (4)
16Takes no notice of Italian gentleman while cycling (7)
17Talks on about protective coatings (7)
19It sparks comeback, somewhat interpreting insults (7)
21Good energy by king of France swallowing bit of giant pastry (7)
22Oven beginning to rust produces gelatin (4)
24Hamlet's flag windborne, blasted outside (9)
27Cap off passage in pursuit of silver fever (9)
28They disputed John in analogies (5)
29Grand handouts circulated (8)
30Scenery focus at odds with ancient Roman vale? (3,3)

Down
1Friend accepts suggestion of engagement ring (4)
2Greek leader's awkward moment cut short: masking one in 10 (9)
3Construction of timbering capped with one rock (10)
5A pest is confirmed originally related through the father (7)
6Native African pulling down lid of Big Wheel (4)
7Get on top of antique that's not all that common (5)
8Owns awesome floating training centre (6,4)
9Adenoids perhaps at last becoming large and small (6)
14Note endless anxiety before beginning to translate simple work (7,3)
15Collection of clutter one's picked up, putting last of offal in sack initially empty (10)
18Study of the recently discovered brew of oolong tea that's incomplete, ultimately unnecessary (9)
20Legitimate motion (not at first) to change sides (7)
21Having yen in bottom of moneybag dogs Spike (6)
23Piece from blog I made up for friend (5)
25Bishop leaving shows off kids (4)
26Place to deceive the upper class (4)

Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Puzzle No. 40: Diamond Jubilee

Diamond Jubilee

By teamcrazymatt
No theme in this one, just an unusual grid shape. Have fun!
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Squares filled: 0/61
Exolve Print Notes Jotter

Across
2Characters in faceless animator's medium (3)
4Left on a radical crater lake (5)
6Retiring hero setter's capturing in passenger vehicle (7)
8Encouraged infinite jest about pro model (9)
10Help officer with mission (11)
11Principal rulebooks (9)
12Starts to improve naturally - suddenly ripped? That's going to happen (2,5)
13Troy interred in master's wakes (5)
14Rivals removing source for short magnetic units (3)

Down
1Repeatedly orients topmost ranks (11)
2Admit sects of no perversion (7,2)
3American works around cool dogs (9)
4Novice devil spaces, becomes soft (7)
5Cavalrymen beginning to ravage states (7)
6Current capacity to fix up puffed rice (5)
7Leaderless spirits raised French flower (5)
8Catch Bobby (3)
9Mark's finally at afterparty (3)

Puzzle No. 99: Nature-Led