Tuesday, February 15, 2022

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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Squares filled: 0/160
Exolve Print Notes Jotter

Across
1Dance without stopping after swallowing a nearly-black African port (10)
6Mythological ship between Diana and Juno? In the end, it's extremely refreshing (4)
10Backward Russian's agreement found by unknown person in an art movement (3-4)
11Boar's head Regina had cooked (7)
12It's topless beautiful women I've detailed (9)
13Existentialist carrying gun (4)
15Big Bird to freak out after getting head chopped off (7)
16Happen to have right warrant (6)
18Clean up canteen, reorganizing without involvement of Conservative (6)
21Logical to save skin playing "Taps" before musical (7)
25Catholic leader's base is on crack (4)
26Emphasize main backtracking present in insult (9)
28A royal ball used to get excited (7)
29Drew on the walls of residence (7)
30Maiden remains timeless (4)
31Claimed omicron variant's ending? Insensible (10)

Down
1Uniting state? Cut out New Guinea (10)
2Try to hit drunk, a square who's inside without cap (5,2)
3California newspaperman starts to begin running actual news, not artificial nonsense (7)
4A bug! Move slowly if necessary (2,1,5)
5Not so many unceasingly supporting hack of telegraphs (6)
7Writing an ode - fancy, posh poem (7)
8Where one may be found in own bed? (4)
9Flower child's heart issue: it's medically off? (6)
14May possibly have been included in medley - medley without bit of dried herb (5,5)
17About, about, about, out & about, getting dress (8)
19Gold ring comes between two Americans loving (7)
20First Lady's partners love all the same (4,2)
22Tugboat carrying last of personnel and getting to Keys (7)
23Bengali worked to discover star of Pegasus (7)
24Singles often make digressions (6)
27Barricade everyone under piece of wood (4)

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