Puzzle No. 52: Grouch

Grouch

By teamcrazymatt

(Originally published as MyCrossword #386.)

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9	Log essence of stay in harbour (9) ENTERTAIN. ENTER + sTAy + IN
10	Mathematician often refuelled car when about to leave (5) EULER. rEfUeLlEd + CAR - CA.
11	Got to split after the start (7) REACHED. bREACHED
12	Forgetting a line, losing focus, uselessly rewrote novel (7) ULYSSES. USELeSSLY* - L
13	Prince leaves exclusive university before end of month (4,5) WILL SMITH. WILLS + MIT + montH
14	Furious charge, chasing leaders of rebel army (5) RABID. BID after Rebel Army
15	Tug really turns back before king (4) YANK. NAY rev. + K
16	Friends rolling back front end of shirt cuffs (5) SLAPS. PALS rev. + Shirt
18	Small butt? Small butt (4) STUB. S + TUB
22	Strangely was to contain hollow Cornish vowel (5) SCHWA. WAS* cont. CornisH
23	Comic represented by Chock Full o' Nuts is extremely raunchier (5,4) CHRIS ROCK. CHOCK cont. (IS + RaunchieR)*
24	Hot application that is beginning to receive more content (7) HAPPIER. H + APP + I.E. + Receive
25	Deviant's forbidden to invent writing (7) OUTLIER. OUT + LIE + R
26	Clown left, dropping a boot again (5) RESET. TEASER rev. - A
27	Introduce maiden lost during emigration at sea (9) ORIGINATE. EMIGRATION* - M

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1	Northbound alert for run-in; noticeably swerve to miss (4,4) VEER AWAY. VERY, (AWARE rev.) <--> R
2	This latest plain disturbance that's behind us (3,3,2,3,4) ITS ALL IN THE PAST. (THIS LATEST PLAIN)*
3	Anthropomorph is mostly sampling ancient religion (7) ORPHISM. HA in anthropomORPH IS Mostly
4	Dump stuff underground (8) LANDFILL. FILL after LNAD
5	Ample sustenance at last, not at all disgusting (6) ENOUGH. sustenancE + NO + UGH
6	State manic wonkery (3,4) NEW YORK. WONKERY*
7	Almost complete, except organic salad (5,3,2,5) CLOSE BUT NO CIGAR. CLOSE + BUT + ORGANIC*
8	Times before education is obliterated (6) ERASED. ERAS + ED
17	Once in a while, cops look up beneath a moon (8) PERIODIC. CID rev. after (PER + IO)
19	Danish places are bikers' fancy right away (8) BAKERIES. (ARE BIKERS)* - R
20	Encountered books' hidden message reading upside-down (3,4) RAN INTO. (OT + NINA + R) rev.
21	Orchid genus planted during fair to sit elevated (7) ISOTRIA. HA rev. in fAIR TO SIt
22	Has picked up advanced arithmetic by a desert (6) SAHARA. HAS rev. + A + R + A
23	Odd to discount upper-class antiques (6) CURIOS. CURIOUS - U

Puzzle No. 51: Try, Try, Try Again

Try, Try, Try Again

By teamcrazymatt

(Originally published as MyCrossword #360.)

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1	Vilify Eden's residents, snubbing heart of old lover (6) DEFAME. eDEn + FLAME - oLd
4	Monkeys around during balls when society is absent (8) MACAQUES. CA in MASQUES - S
10	Revolutionary is, in case of heat, chasing a snitch (9) ANARCHIST. (IS in HeaT) after (A + NARC)
11	Run with no missing supply (5) CATER. CANTER - N
12	Streaming a channel on display (7) FLYAWAY. (A + WAY) after FLY
13	Solo about a dozen doctors missing nothing (7) CADENZA. CA + (A DOZEN)* - O
14	Left child holding rare dagger (4) DIRK. KID rev. cont. R
16	Couple of sweethearts meet with spiritual leader by end of Brest film (4,6) JOJO RABBIT. JO,JO + RABBI + bresT
19	Contests to cook up bisque when bored by sleep (3,7) PUB QUIZZES. (UP BISQUE)* cont. ZZ
20	Content to digest extra reading (4) TEXT. HA in digesT EXTra
23	Sample joint from Spooner's mouth (3-4) LIP-SYNC. SIP LINK Sp.
24	Engineers require one asking questions (7) QUERIER. REQUIRE*
26	Pancake breakfast? Let's include no irregular starters... (5) BLINI. Breakfast Let's Include No Irregular
27	...if parties mixed drinks before meals (9) APERITIFS. (IF PARTIES)*
28	Developed a bit that's shocking for the audience (4,4) GREW SOME. GRUESOME hom.
29	Representatives from years before tip off workers (6) AGENTS. AGE + aNTS

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1	You left for work in swindle layabout overshadowed (7) DWARFED. DEFRAUD rev, W <--> U
2	Extremely faithful lackey even is not dependable (5) FLAKY. FaithfuL + lAcKeY
3	Parrots a chapter found in Jaws (6) MACAWS. (A + C) in MAWS
5	Work and gag to swallow one hearty vegetable? (9) ARTICHOKE. (ART + CHOKE) cont. I
6	Wandering in a car over spot that's pastoral (8) ARCADIAN. (IN A CAR)* cont. AD
7	Shaky like a poor Olympic gymnast? (9) UNTENABLE. UN-TEN-ABLE
8	Help refurbishing taverns (7) SERVANT. TAVERNS*
9	Roman historian captures dastardly villain in uprising (4) LIVY. HA rev. in dastardlY VILlain
15	Rechristen a Presbyterian barking, "Save any Republican organization!" (9) REBAPTISE. (A PRESBYTERIAN)* - (ANY + R)*
17	Black out from alcohol before church? Prepare to overflow with attraction (4,5) OOZE CHARM. BOOZE - B + CH + ARM
18	Quickly assembles panel on perverts (4-4) JURY-RIGS. JURY + RIGS
19	Grams' child, losing head, cut up packaging (4,3) POLY BAG. (G + bABY + LOP) rev.
21	Pushes through shortly before his test class ends (7) THRUSTS. THRU + hiS tesT clasS
22	Bothersome verse on English cross in Guinea (6) VEXING. V + E + X + IN + G
24	Parisian that sits on tail of Galloway heifer (4) QUEY. QUE + gallowaY
25	First team uplifting tormented king (5) IXION. (NO. 1 + XI) rev.

Puzzle No. 50: 'bet Your Bottom Dollar

'bet Your Bottom Dollar

By teamcrazymatt

In this jigsaw puzzle, each letter of the alphabet both begins and ends exactly one clue. Clues are listed by order of answer length; where multiple answers are the same length, they are listed alphabetically by first letter.

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4	New Jersey supports residents in debt raising cannabis (4) NJ after (dEBt rev.)
4	That lightning bolt striking church - zap! (4) WHICH + Z - CH
5	Americans taxing clothing? Nowadays, they chill (5) IRS cont. CE
5	Playing eisteddfodau discontentedly? Start to play better (3-2) ON + EisteddfodaU + Play
6	My, my... stuck-up bachelor gets cluster of flowers (6) COR + (MY rev.) + B
6	Tips off model, firm from behind, that's got it (6) mAKE tRUE rev.
6	Calling fellow back with gin cocktail (6) MAN rev. + GIN*
6	Iraq and Peru's rights to every thicket (6) iraQ + perU + EACH
6	Place that might sell 17 occasional pieces of venison and hot turkey (6) VenIsoN + hoT tuRkeY
6	Khan's home by one spot for all to see (6) X + AN + AD + U
7	Death by beginning to consume somewhat-sweet wine (4-3) DEMISE + Consume
7	Revolutionary month existing after fellow's evening out (7) REAL after FeLlOw
7	Former czar captured peacekeepers in good complex preceding victory (7) UN in GOOD* + V
7	Get smarter following focus of chintziest Hasidic leader? (7) ADD IQ after chinTZiest
8	Made Jewish couple from Juarez baffled, entertaining setter (8) (JUarez + DAZED) cont. I
8	That woman's struggle to get into Korean and Indian beginners' language group (8) (HER + WAR) in (Korean + Indian)
8	Made to row without stopping, moving at medium speed (8) (MADE TO ROw)*
8	Plant it nearer ground (4,4) (IT NEARER)*
8	Not wanting relative losing head to capture boy rambling free (8) aUNT cont. (B + FREE*)
8	Duck and cover from hullabaloo by old city - it's time to start mission (4,4) ZERO + HullabaloO + UR
9	Starts a fresh existence of work after manufacturing Vaseline (5,4) W after VASELINE*
9	Regularly partake, as people of the sixth-brightest stars in the Beehive Cluster (8,1) PaRtAkE aS pEoPlE oF
9	Gentry misquoted timeless Byzantine about reading (9) (MISQUOTED - T)* cont. R
9	Two beasts capture roll of information, having no lead to chatter (6-3) (YAK, YAK) cont. (bYTE rev.)
15	Axis youth's content with unequal man; revolution's beginning to fall (8,7) (aXIs yOUTh + UNEQUAL MAN)*
15	Sawyer's mate doesn't start to throw the French fruit with force in number (11,4) cHUCK + LE + BERRY + F + IN + N

Puzzle No. 49: Girls Aloud

Girls Aloud

By teamcrazymatt

(Originally published as MyCrossword #351.)

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8	Frequently seen in Cayuga Lake beside huge opening in a sponge (6) OSCULE. CayUga LakE after OS
9	Performing honours exchanging hands by west district of London (8) HOUNSLOW. HONOURS*, L <--> R, + W
10	MIB cryptically reading log? (8) NOTEBOOK. NOTE (mi) + BOOK (b)
11	Excise certainly abrupt with opening of tariff cut in America (6) SURTAX. SURe + Tariff + AX
12	Long for young woman (4) MISS. DD
13	Capably taking hold of wagons after time heading west indefinitely (10) ABSTRACTLY. ABLY cont. ((CARTS after T) rev.)
15	Heartlessly laid down on felon not going anywhere (11) CONSTIPATED. STIPulATED after CON
19	City beneath Serbia taking Spain to cleaners (10) LAUNDERERS. (LA + UNDER + RS) cont. E
21	Beginning to sound simple, in short, to swallow bit of unspoilt Egyptian port (4) SUEZ. (Simple + EZ) cont. Unspoilt
22	Grand address games principle of "red herring" (6) KIPPER. K + IP + PE + Red
24	Organized polymath tense, wanting to arrest Frenchman's cancer (8) LYMPHOMA. POLYMATH* - T cont. M
25	Bush's work back in western California following Merkel's assent (8) JAPONICA. (OP rev. + IN rev. + CA) after JA
26	Beetle automobile swapped for automaker's first Alfa (6) SCARAB. SAAB, CAR <--> A

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1	Footnote about odd itch to feature first sign of influence of psychic powers (7) PSIONIC. (PS + ON + ItCh) cont. Influence
2	ER set's content taken out by individual that's in New Zealand (10) QUEENSTOWN. QUEEN + SeT + OWN
3	Deletions of tracks? That's beneath band (8) REMOVALS. OVALS after R.E.M.
4	Ship catches fish as a green fellow trembles violently (6,4,1,4) SHAKES LIKE A LEAF. (SS cont. HAKE) + LIKE + A + LEA + F
5	Silk truisms often are curt (6) TUSSAR. TrUiSmS + ARe
6	Emergency room supports universal suggestion of stopping one taking drugs (4) USER. ER after (U + Stopping)
7	As saying starts to go, "From local, fly beneath victory" (7) VOCALLY. (lOCAL fLY) after V
14	He researched evolution omitting all instances of reproduction - idiot (10) CHEESEHEAD. (HE RESEARCHED)* - R,R
16	Overseas same-sex displays from part of India (8) ASSAMESE. HA in overseAS SAME-SEx
17	Cannibal, I, Hairspray including song from South Pacific (4,3) BALI HAI. HA in canniBAL I HAIrspray
18	Italian scientist's computer housed in America? I'm reflexively taken aback (7) FERMIAC. HA rev. in ameriCA I'M REFlexively
20	Guts of freaky underwater squiggly bug (6) EARWIG. frEAky undeRWater squIGgly
23	Yahoo after stroke doesn't have a cross to bear (4) POOH. OOH after PAT - A T

Puzzle No. 48: I Fought the Law

I Fought the Law

By teamcrazymatt

As a top lawyer (not really), I find that the bane of my profession is my courtroom foe presenting hidden exhibits....
(Originally published as MyCrossword #312.)

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1	Reject doctor with love (4) VETO. VET + O
3	Cite job performance to attend active protest (9) OBJECTION. (CITE JOB)* in ON
9	Perennial placed beside round edgeless wide rock (8) ASTEROID. ASTER + O + wIDe
10	Insects on Italian flower producing fuzz (6) POLICE. LICE after PO
11	Returning student, denied opening for Northeastern, also discovered American's registers (7) ENROLLS. (L + fOR + NE) + aLSo
13	Measured King George's American twin (7) GRADUAL. GR + A + DUAL
15	Notice system English crew is putting back (7) SIGNAGE. (E + GANG + IS) rev.
16	Poet's under pruned spruce (4) NEAT. 'NEATh
19	Dense group of attorneys (4) FIRM. DD
20	Suggestion of puerile tool to reject one who comes back (7) PHOENIX. Puerile + HOE + NIX
23	Prop inside vessel that's tidy (5,2) CLEAN UP. LEAN in CUP
24	Covering up royal purchasing cans (7) BURYING. BUYING cont. R
26	Artificial earth taken from grave - there's no lead (6) UNREAL. fUNEREAL - E
27	Support Western bar by accordingly removing top (8) EVIDENCE. DIVE rev. + hENCE
29	Secure top criminal to bring charges (9) PROSECUTE. (SECURE TOP)*
30	Some verses of regular fondness (4) ODES. fOnDnEsS

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1	Hindus had at last divided hundredfold, appalling one of their gods (6) VISHNU. HINDUS*, D -> V
2, 28	02, 28Concluding words in time that man would nurse within (3,3) THE END. (T + HE'D) cont. EN
4	Savage lookout to become stiff (4) BODY. BLOODY - LO
5	After seeing Once, a tenor practised (6) EXPERT. EX + PER + T
6	Phone measurement of adolescent crowds caused by swiftly showing the odds (11) TELEDENSITY. (TEEN cont. LED) + SwIfTlY
7	About this time, both ways initially arouse yearning every 24 hours (4,1,3) ONCE A DAY. ON + CE, AD + Arouse Yearning
8	Was unable to load books after breaking off foot in stunt (7) COULDNT. (LD + NT) after COUp
12	Drug addicts building mouse trap with last piece of wire, catching one (5,6) OPIUM EATERS. (MOUSE TRAP + wirE)* cont. I
14	Australian pine from Australia? Go home! (5) AGOHO. HA in australiA GO HOme
17	Jet across left wing naked - it's a rage, right? (8) AIRLINER. (A + IRE + R) cont. (L + wINg)
18	South American nation joins grand core of initiative of Italian city (7) PERUGIA. PERU + G + initIAtive
21	Local beat doesn't stop for everyone (6) PUBLIC. PUB + LICk
22	No stuffing spoils refreshments (6) SNACKS. N in SACKS
25	Starts to beat euchre, showing the ace (4) BEST. Beat Euchre Showing The
28	See 2d

Puzzle No. 47: Too Many Clues

Too Many Clues

By teamcrazymatt

Imagine a Y just below and to the left of the lower-left corner of the grid. You'll see why when the grid is complete. Good luck!
(Originally published as MyCrossword #309.)

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9	Cross rebuke by a catcher of animals (7) TRAPPER. T + RAP + PER
10	Worth abandoning millions over a nation (7) ERITREA. MERIT - M + RE + A
11	Persist with reformer's case to collect old money (5) RECUR. ReformeR cont. ECU
12	Putting ink on giant plastic boxes as well, following fourth of instructions (9) TATTOOING. (GIANT* cont. TOO) after insTructions
13	Unfocused choirmaster scoring his ensemble's lowest row in relation to highest row? (7) CREATOR. def: refers to grid ninas | (CHOIRmASTER - HIS)*
14	Leaves before time of frequent arrest they lead (2-5) CO-STARS. COS + T + ArReSt
15	Cruelly punish Miles and lash to Spooner (3,3,7) TAR AND FEATHER. FAR AND TETHER Sp.
21	Theories of the whole solution of his almost-missing outerwear (7) HOLISMS. (HIS aLMOSt)*
23	Bore imaginary boy coming back to take one of tops and bottoms (7) BIKINIS. (SINK + I + B) rev. cont. I
25	My sins can pervert sissy (4,5) MISS NANCY. (MY SINS CAN)*
26	Nero's devious snoop (5) NOSER. NERO'S*
27	Turning hideaway into main antennae (7) AERIALS. (LAIR in SEA) rev.
28	Rips out notice on port in America (7) UPTEARS. (EAR after PT) in US

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1	Draw a plot after tea (7) ATTRACT. A + (TRACT after T)
2	Starts to get Archie upset, snubbing cuisinier that's clumsy (6) GAUCHE. Get Archie Upset + CHEf
3	At 10, almost get back up for light show (8) OPERETTA. (AT + TEn + REPO) rev.
4	Alternatively, a ball reading captivating last bit of Silent Speaker (6) ORATOR. (OR + A + O + R) cont. silenT
5	Small tooth I found in hollow fissure, pulling out foot (8) DENTICLE. I in (DENT + CLEFT - FT)
6	They often mourn the last of men not in spaces (6) WIDOWS. WINDOWS - N
7	Bother not-small gentleman showing up in extravagant attire (8) IRRITATE. sIR rev. in ATTIRE*
8	Hot after Bigfoot, besieged by North American soldiers tending to Harry (7) NAGGISH. H after (biG in (NA + GIS))
16	Stern father raised on glory (8) APLUSTRE. PA rev. + LUSTRE
17	South Asian quality belonging to abodes in Essex (8) DESINESS. HA in aboDES IN ESSex
18	Enjoying lecture when student is absent (6,2) TAKING TO. TALKING-TO - L
19	Copy newspaper, upsetting judge (7) SHAMGAR. def: Shamgar is a judge from the Bible | SHAM + (RAG rev.)
20	Dictatorial supporter is enmeshed in revolutionary start (7) TSARIST. IS in START*
22	Choice of words in nasty, nasty times (6) SYNTAX. NASTY* + X
23	However, solver is hiding inside to get financial incentive to retire (6) BUYOUT. BUT cont. YOU
24	No Glaswegian on vacation swaps gold for Bahamian capital (6) NASSAU. NA + SwapS + AU