Puzzle No. 46: A Rose is a Rose

A Rose is a Rose

By teamcrazymatt

(Originally published as MyCrossword #345.)

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6	Redact nothing odd after corrupting then-Tory politician captivated with serious warning (2,5,6) NO EMPTY THREAT. rEdAcT after (THEN-TORY)* cont. MP
8	We dry Queen getting more soaked (6) WETTER. WE + TT + ER
9	Immature German Disney villain returning having son taken away (3,4) NOT AGED. (DE + GASTON) rev. - S
10	Fundamental quality of setter in USA cryptic with elan (9,6) ESSENTIAL NATURE. (SETTER IN USA + ELAN)*
11	Trailers for Dreamworks Animation movie include endlessly irritating Seussian creation (7) SNEETCH. dreamworkS animatioN moviE includE + iTCHy
13	Cycling to play five-on-one with one eating pie on holiday (7) KWANZAA. (WANK cyc. + A) cont. ZA
16	Snatch trifle belonging to us - villain beginning to swiftly run away (4,2,4,5) TAKE TO YOUR HEELS. TAKE + TOY + OUR + HEEL + Swiftly
19	Bar supporter I backed collecting Russian capital (4,3) IRON ROD. (DONOR I) rev. cont. Russian
20	Buried in peat is little round of cheese (6) TILSIT. HA rev. in peaT IS LITtle
21	Set Lafayette's extremists to capture wild beast in fierce combat (7,6) INTENSE BATTLE. (INTENT + LafayettE) cont. BEAST*

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1	Disheartened talk show host on the rise transfixed by way to cuddle (6) NESTLE. ELlEN rev. cont. ST
2	Theatrical singer comes from work on time, going on Twitch to fix artist's number (8,7) OPERATIC SOPRANO. OP + ERA + TIC + SOP + RA + NO
3	Writing articles about Japanese bread and Indian bread (3,4) RYE NAAN. (R + A,AN) cont. YEN
4	I see rats when letters are torn up and repeatedly tossed about (4,7,4) THAT ANSWERS THAT. (RATS WHEN) letter bank
5	Lift that man with the gin supply (8) HEIGHTEN. HE + (THE GIN)*
6	One in Northbound doesn't get cross to see American TV rating (7) NIELSEN. (NESTLE + IN) rev. - T
7	House topless hunk north of Oregon (5) TUDOR. sTUD + OR
12	They secure large old boy's ecstasy amid swelling that's completely uplifting (3,5) EYE BOLTS. ((L + O + B + E) in STYE) rev.
14	Girl losing head, most frequently lonely, rests on scrap of truth: current setter is best to date (3-4) ALL-TIME. gAL + L (most common letter in LONELY) + Truth + I + ME
15	Frenchman atop princess starts to ecstatically unload his ejaculation (3,4) MON DIEU. M + ON + DI + Ecstatically Unload
17	A library's focus on crime story (5) ALIBI. A + LIB + crIme
18	Stone tool that's used in the garden hauled up traps high (6) EOLITH. HOE rev. cont. LIT

Puzzle No. 45: 4:30

4:30

By teamcrazymatt

(Originally published as MyCrossword #339.)

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1, 9	01, 9Write Tell half-heartedly? One certainly succeeds bastardizing rhymes narrated in a couple quickly; later, regret it (5,2,5,3,6,2,7) MARRY IN HASTE AND REPENT AT LEISURE. (PEN + TAtTLE + I + SURE) after (RHYMES NARRATED IN A)*
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10, 14	10, 14One feels stronger when parted from core space; nowadays, maiden takes out work forged when hero's dashing outside (7,5,3,5,4,6) ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER. ABS + EN + CE + M + (TAKES)* + (ART in (FORGED WHEN HERO)*)
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19, 20	19, 20Ignore all that's wrong in pork halves cut up and distributed over and over (3,2,4,4,2,4,5,2,4) SEE NO EVIL HEAR NO EVIL SPEAK NO EVIL. IN PORK HALVES letter bank
20	See 19a
26, 29	26, 29People do as they like once authority's missing from a has-been, tense, first-class hospital. Oddly tenser how it all comes back... yes, those people kill with evil sport (4,3,4,4,3,4,4,4) WHEN THE CATS AWAY THE MICE WILL PLAY. (A + WAS + T + ACE + H + TeNsEr HoW) rev. + Y + THEM + ICE + W + ILL + PLAY
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1	Song that comes just after musical's opener! (5) MARIA. ARIA after Musical
2	Ties manufactured in USA exported from Spain with euros exchanged (5) ROPES. (SPAIN + EUROS)* - (IN USA)*
3	Desire money (3) YEN. DD
4	Fly cell granules regularly lacking neural grey (5) NUAGE. NeUrAl GrEy
5	Complete American's lines (3) ALL. A + LL
6	Cross jerk with no heart seeing double (5) TWICE. T + WInCE
7	Obscene offence: fellow going to squeeze daughter (5) ADULT. (FAULT - F) cont. D
8	Outstanding party that's loud (3) DUE. DO hom.
11	Soldiers can put up explosive (5) NITRO. (OR + TIN) rev.
12	Welshman participating in war we loathe (5) ARWEL. HA in wAR WE Loathe
13	The river in Spain starts to overflow, its rapid levels eventually rising (2,3) EL RIO. (Overflow Its Rapid Levels Eventually) rev.
14	Discovered theses about saint who wrote about Siddhartha (5) HESSE. tHESEs cont. S
15	Mimic beginning of active exercise (3) APE. Active + PE
16	Show Rent's opening night, entertaining university (5) REVUE. Rent + EVE cont. U
17	Playing by self, making a single try (3,2) ONE GO. ON + EGO
18	Sword worked to strip core of Volkswagen Beetle (3) DOR. SWORD* - volkSWagen
21	French flower exists in this place where there's no harbour (5) ISERE. IS HERE - H
22	Skewered meat is part of meals at airports (5) SATAI. HA in mealS AT AIrports
23	Misshapen cell taken out of unusual chalklike uniform material (5) KHAKI. CHALKLIKE* - CELL*
24	I, for instance, make a promise by covering for evil (5) VOWEL. VOW + EviL
25	Stop topless gigolo's lost love (3-2) LAY-BY. pLAYBOY - O
26	Soaked baronet's rear? That's beneath us, subjectively (3) WET. baroneT after WE
27	Frequently retyped notice (3) EYE. rEtYpEd
28	Alone, bottoming out at Peruvian capital (3) SOL. SOLe

Puzzle No. 44: To Keep Us Free

To Keep Us Free

By teamcrazymatt

The sixteen across clues form a solvable 1D 27D.
Additionally, it should be noted that I set on MyCrossword as "Tug."
(Originally published as MyCrossword #327.)

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1	Dance without stopping after swallowing a nearly-black African port (10) CASABLANCA. CAN-CAn cont. (A + SABLe)
6	Mythological ship between Diana and Juno? In the end, it's extremely refreshing (4) ARGO. (dianA + junO) cont. RefreshinG
10	Backward Russian's agreement found by unknown person in an art movement (3-4) NEO-DADA. ((DA + DOE) in AN) rev.
11	Boar's head Regina had cooked (7) BROWNED. Boar + R + OWNED
12	It's topless beautiful women I've detailed (9) EXTENSIVE. sEX + TENS + I'VE
13	Existentialist carrying gun (4) STEN. HA in exiSTENtialist
15	Big Bird to freak out after getting head chopped off (7) TITANIC. TIT + pANIC
16	Happen to have right warrant (6) ENSURE. ENSUE cont. R
18	Clean up canteen, reorganizing without involvement of Conservative (6) NEATEN. (CANTEEN - C)*
21	Logical to save skin playing "Taps" before musical (7) CHICAGO. lOGICAl after C,H
25	Catholic leader's base is on crack (4) POPE. E after POP
26	Emphasize main backtracking present in insult (9) SPOTLIGHT. TOP rev. in SLIGHT
28	A royal ball used to get excited (7) AROUSED. A + R + O + USED
29	Drew on the walls of residence (7) TENANCY. NANCY after ThE
30	Maiden remains timeless (4) LASS. LASTS - T
31	Claimed omicron variant's ending? Insensible (10) OSTENSIBLE. O + (T in SENSIBLE)

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1	Uniting state? Cut out New Guinea (10) CONNECTING. CONNECTICUT - CUT + N + G
2	Try to hit drunk, a square who's inside without cap (5,2) SHOOT AT. (SOT + A + T) cont. wHO
3	California newspaperman starts to begin running actual news, not artificial nonsense (7) BRANNAN. Begin Running Actual News Not Artificial Nonsense
4	A bug! Move slowly if necessary (2,1,5) AT A PINCH. A + TAP + INCH
5	Not so many unceasingly supporting hack of telegraphs (6) CABLES. LESs after CAB
7	Writing an ode - fancy, posh poem (7) RONDEAU. R + (AN ODE)* + U
8	Where one may be found in own bed? (4) ODDS. cryptic def; odd letters of OwN bEd
9	Flower child's heart issue: it's medically off? (6) POISON. PO + chIld + SON
14	May possibly have been included in medley - medley without bit of dried herb (5,5) LEMON THYME. MONTH in (MEDLEY - D)*
17	About, about, about, out & about, getting dress (8) ACCOUTRE. CA rev. + C + OUT + RE
19	Gold ring comes between two Americans loving (7) AMOROUS. (OR + O) in (AM + US)
20	First Lady's partners love all the same (4,2) EVEN SO. EVE + NS + O
22	Tugboat carrying last of personnel and getting to Keys (7) ISLANDS. I + (SS cont. (personneL + AND))
23	Bengali worked to discover star of Pegasus (7) ALGENIB. BENGALI*
24	Singles often make digressions (6) ASIDES. A-SIDES
27	Barricade everyone under piece of wood (4) WALL.

Puzzle No. 43: 25-Cent Return

25-Cent Return

By teamcrazymatt

This is a remake (same fill, different clues) of my earlier grid "That'll Be 25 Cents, Please." It seemed timely.
(Originally published as MyCrossword #323.)

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1	Nationalist attending insurrection in pursuit of power (7) PATRIOT. (AT + RIOT) after P
5	A dozen little helpers don't stop chasing limits of tomorrow (6) TWELVE. ELVEs after TomorroW
10	Parent of kid coming from a bar after work (4) GOAT. (A + T) after GO
11	Beam unsteadily, absorbed by Dick's retorts (9) COMEBACKS. BEAM* in COCK'S
12	Let's hear it out amid elms and let loose (2,4,2) SO TELL ME. O in (ELMS + LET)*
13	Everyone that hurts gets permit (5) ALLOW. ALL + OW
15	Be 6 in confines of time, looking back (5) EXIST. (SIX in TimE) rev.
16	Film's cryptically spaced-out reason? (5,1,3) ABOUT A BOY. ABOUT (re) + A (a) + BOY (son)
19	Wanderer content cycling to mixer (9) EXTROVERT. (ROVER TEXT) cyc.
21	Millions angry at first about posh region near China (5) MACAU. M + Angry + CA + U
22	Not the first clever Tory (5) RIGHT. bRIGHT
24	Frenchman enthralled by universal religion, and mostly in the Caribbean (8) BAHAMIAN.
25	Country singer performing "Diamond June," but only the first half (5,4) NAOMI JUDD. (DIAMOND JUne)*
26	Unfocused, shift eye (4) LEER. LEvER
27	Score has quiet impact (6) SPLASH. SLASH cont. P
28	Mr. Bill and Mr. Charles going west to end of spar (7) YARDARM. (MR + AD + RAY) rev.

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2	Defender of a point embodying sport (9) APOLOGIST. (A + GIST) cont. POLO
3	Forward endlessly worries - little tense (7) RETWEET. fRETs + WEE + T
4	Rock maestro performs music at last after dope's swallowed (9) OSCILLATE. maestrO performS musiC + ILL + ATE
6	Long ago, while in soggy stream... (7) WEBCAST. (BC + AS) in WET
7	Look around large pub (5) LOCAL. LO + CA + L
8	Solver follows my few leads regularly found in direction to get solution that's "yellow" (4,3,3) EASY WAY OUT. (YOU after mY feW leAds) in EAST
9	A mate is meeting prisoners (4) SMEE. HA in iS MEEting
14	Note piercing, cutting soprano pop song (5,5) SEVEN RINGS. (N in SEVERING) + S
17	Arched to a bend to get some dice (9) OCTAHEDRA. (ARCHED TO A)*
18	Queen supports staff when under unceasing rally of pirate (9) BUCCANEER. ER after CANE after BUCk
20	Gets end of lasso over bats in building (7) OBTAINS. lassO + (BATS IN)*
21	Drained after parent stuttered (7) MUMBLED. BLED after MUM
23	Bark at girl's right hooter (5) GROWL. G + R + OWL
24	Unhappy Navy offensive (4) BLUE. triple def.