Puzzle No. 56: Deal With It

Deal With It

By teamcrazymatt

Concealed in the grid is a 20 14 24. Good luck!
(Originally published as MyCrossword #426.)

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1	"Come over," breathes rival (7) NEMESIS. (SEMEN rev.) + IS
5	Disciple beginning to admonish the French about support (7) APOSTLE. (A + LE) cont. POST
9	Partly overhearing bird (4) RHEA. HA in oveRHEAring
10	Film text from Latin character in special college encore (10) SCREENPLAY. EN in (S + C + REPLAY)
12	Institutes where peers may be? (8) INSTALLS. IN STALLS (pee-ers)
13	"Letters from Tiananmen," a Mao tirade from the East, is without exception (2,1,3) TO A MAN. HA rev. in tiananmeN A MAO Tirade
14	Full, loud, and drunk (5) FLUSH. F + LUSH
16	Contour lines made of silicone, plastic, and bit of stone (9) ISOCLINES. SILICONE* + Stone
18	Runs fixed scenes about queen and earl (9) SEQUENCES. SCENES* cont. (QU + E)
20	Risk soldiers overthrowing sovereign (5) ROYAL. (LAY + OR) rev.
23	John attending church - he's a fellow with honour (6) MENSCH. MEN'S + CH
24	Decidedly passed out by home (2,6) IN SPADES. PASSED* after IN
26	Curtly undress 20 in a beautiful way (10) STRIKINGLY. STRIp + KINGLY
27	Earth is very sick with no end in sight (4) SOIL. SO + ILl
28	Urged us to break habit (4,3) DRUG USE. (URGED US)*
29	Race a captain (7) SKIPPER. SKIP + PER

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2	Not at first deadly to drink no alcohol (7) ETHANOL. lETHAL cont. NO
3	Accurate claim (5) EXACT. DD
4	Buddy's greeting The Thing? (6) ITSELF. IT'S ELF
6	Spin to attract student (8) PRENTICE. PR + ENTICE
7	Dip met no tenor with high range (9) SOPRANINO. SOP + RAN INTO - T
8	Discharge member also called in before end of course (7) LEAKAGE. (LEG cont. A.K.A.) + coursE
11	"Genesis" remade with Kirk looking for danger (4-7) RISK-SEEKING. (GENESIS + KIRK)*
15	Focus of mosque with disturbing anguish pressing (9) SQUASHING. moSQue + ANGUISH*
17	Frees peacekeepers with cash in arrangement (8) UNCHAINS. UN + (CASH IN)*
19	One turning out voter mirroring the left (7) EJECTOR. ELECTOR, J <--> L (L reflected as in a mirror)
21	Base a study in Spain (7) ADENINE. A + DEN + IN + E
22	Language oftentimes totally covers regular talk (6) OSTYAK. OftentimeS TotallY + tAlK
25	Moral model raised by adult (5) AESOP. POSE rev. after A

Puzzle No. 55: 404 Error

404 Error

By teamcrazymatt

404 Error - Not Found
(Originally published as MyCrossword #405.)

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1	High loop drawn by pal in way of landform mapping (15) TOPOGRAPHICALLY. TOP + O + GRAPHIC + ALLY
9	Occasionally it's what did play in a trivial way (7) TWADDLY. iT's WhAt DiD pLaY
10	Rational thought in flick: abandoning flanks, go back in (5) LOGIC. fLICk cont. (GO rev.)
11	How sad spirit finds cold land (6) ALASKA. ALAS + KA
13	Cool club that has a ball? (3,5) HIP JOINT. HIP + JOINT
14	History tutor holding back pupil (4) TYRO. HA rev. in histORY Tutor
15	Unorthodox Wiccans without clothing turn dirty, giving slip (10) INACCURACY. wICCANs* + U + RACY
17	Puff's on a cliff in ruin (6,4) COFFIN NAIL. (ON A CLIFF IN)* | def. note: cigarette
19	Bars finally scrap impromptu lamb chops (4) PUBS. scraP impromptU lamB chopS
21	Losing focus, ask about 9 books showing chivalry (8) QUIXOTRY. QUeRY cont. (IX + OT)
23	Town officials could start to surround drinking chaps fighting (6) MAYORS. (MAY + Surround) cont. OR
24	Group of prognosticators from right to talk (5) TAROT. (TO RAT) rev.
25	Popular royal lady arriving at Gary's land? (7) INDIANA. IN + DIANA | def. note: Gary is a city in Indiana
27	Surprisingly, any not-amazing dolt will omit parts of only no song from Australia (8,7) WALTZING MATILDA. (ANY NOT-AMAZING DOLT WILL)* - (ONLY NO)*

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2	Swapping parts to unfold top? (7) OUTPLAY. PLAY OUT, swap syllables
3	Star ignoring first gals' contributions to mating combinations? (3) OVA. nOVA
4	Transmission from control about gift lying around (9) RADIATION. RATION cont. (AID rev.)
5	Crazy about bum spying in a panic without initially profoundly studying minds (15) PSYCHOANALYSING. PSYCHO + ANAL + SPYING* - P
6	I fall for N.Y. town (5) ISLIP. I + SLIP
7	Not ours madly praying hours ago for blood transport imaging (11) ANGIOGRAPHY. (PRAYING HOURS AGO)* - OURS
8	Succinct introductions to layman's account on parabola, possibly (7) LACONIC. L(ayman's) A(ccount) + CONIC
12	Trip on floor? That's dull. Broadcast on radio? F (4,7) SLOW FOXTROT. SLOW + FOXTROT (F in NATO alphabet) | def. note: "trip" as in a dance
16	Kinky malady with itch and no last drop of comfort! (9) CHLAMYDIA. (MALADY + ITCH)* - comforT; &lit
18	Cacti found in utopian ground (7) OPUNTIA. UTOPIAN*
20	Crazy without stopping to assist woman handing out stout (7) BARMAID. BARMy + AID
22	Show of disapproval bringing it up all in unison (5) TUTTI. TUT + (IT rev.)
26	Champion in ring stripping? Good (3) ALI. vALId

Puzzle No. 54: Party Favours

Party Favours

By teamcrazymatt

The American 5 Down has wormed its way into this puzzle. In the across solutions, all instances of a certain letter must be moved to that answer's beginning cell and/or all instances of a different letter to its end cell in order to fill the grid properly.
(Originally published as MyCrossword #373.)

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9	Pass fellow, oddly ugly, catching bird that's horrendous (8) GODAWFUL. (GO + F + UgLy) cont. DAW
10	Father, before formal, nearly collects last of my papers (6) PAPYRI. (PA + PRIm) cont. mY
11	Succeeded by including appeal in conclusion (6) ENSUED. SUE in END
12	Disheartened, three bears manage (among others) Abyssinian dock (8) TRUNCATE. ThreE cont. (RUN + CAT)
13	Omit corps deserting shelled helideck (5) ELIDE. hELIDECk - C
15	Initially a friend stands by maiden, one constant (9) ACRONYMIC. A + CRONY + M + I + C
18	Fast in sandwich shop before American leaving all there (9) INDELIBLE. IN + DELI + ABLE - A
19	Not the first clips of characters (5) RUNES. pRUNES
21	Spoke about gallery's government support (5,3) STATE AID. SAID cont. TATE
23	Mention crankier grumps in their primes (4,2) RAKE UP. cRAnKiEr grUmPs
25	Dated a lot, easily bedding ladyship with regularity (3,3) OLD HAT. (A LOT)* cont. laDysHip
26	Nation west of Oman invested in limitless liquorish blend (8) IROQUOIS. Oman in lIQUORISh*
27	Ardent guy helps a drunk weekly (6,9) SUNDAY TELEGRAPH. (ARDENT GUY HELPS A)*

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2	Drug unfocused nimble flyer (5) EAGLE. E + AGiLE
3	Leader of Google engineering as skilled, almost, as Windows? (9) GLASSLIKE. Google + (AS SKILLEd)*
4	Tension if lessons including insignificant things (6) NIFLES. HA in tensioN IF LESsons
5	Wise head of nation breaks away from invalided anarchic split parties? (9,6) POLITICAL DIVIDE. POLITIC + INVALIDED* - Nation
6	Work quietly on books about English enemy (8) OPPONENT. (OP + P + ON + NT) cont. E
7	A top dog? (5) ALPHA. DD
8	Distinctions from space in animated scene (9) EMINENCES. EM + IN + SCENE*
14	Discharges satellite I'm sending up in stages (9) EMISSIONS. (ISS + I'M) rev. in EONS
16	State tunnels around new footway at regular intervals (9) MINNESOTA. (MINES cont. N) + fOoTwAy
17	In secret, I advanced without noise (8) SILENTLY. (I + LENT) in SLY
20	Don't stop to collect that French ball (6) MASQUE. MASs + QUE
22	Like that man, before conclusion of Dorian Gray (5) ASHEN. AS + HE + doriaN
24	Chaps assembling for Easter (5) PASCH. CHAPS*

Puzzle No. 53: Portal

Portal

By teamcrazymatt

Ten answers entering a portal in one direction (across/down) emerge from a linked portal in the other direction. All other answers are unaltered.
(Originally published as MyCrossword #396.)

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1	Purged, dishevelled, disheartened, tired... no cake at end? I'm beginning to kick out (14) DECONTAMINATED (linked with 1d). (TireD NO CAKE AT END I'M)* - Kick
9	Corral fish that's adapting (7) STYLING. STY + LING
10	A provisional hospital Max coated with a flammable substance (7) NAPHTHA. ((A + P + H) in NTH) + A
11	Care for some athletes running back (5) NURSE. HA rev. in athletES RUNning
12	Blue kinky non sequitur? No, no, no (9) TURQUOISE (linked with 21d). (NON SEQUITUR)* - N,N
13	Mistake student ignored to get to recess (4) APSE. LAPSE - L
14	United to arrest one liberal boy that is assaulted (10) FUSILLADED. FUSED cont. (I + L + LAD)
17	Disgrace covers over us left in a wicked way (10) INFAMOUSLY (linked with 6d). INFAMY cont. (O + US + L)
19	Land mass that's like Iowa (4) ASIA. AS + IA
22	Frenzy by Chile's port (9) ANCHORAGE (linked with 16d). RAGE after ANCHO
24	Imagine not stopping to eat ring donut (5) TORUS (linked with 2d). TRUSt cont. O
25	Inspector's denied opening for platform (7) ESTRADE. lESTRADE
26	Most innocent natives panic (7) NAIVEST. NATIVES*
27	It's opened in anticipation of a day's victory, slaughtering 8 with no disgust (6,8) ADVENT CALENDAR. A + D + V + (CANNED LAUGHTER)* - UGH

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1	No idlers repeatedly moved around to create confusion (14) DISORDERLINESS (linked with 1a). (NO IDLERS) letter bank
2	Pitcher frequently coyly takes off clothes in lounge (2,5) CY YOUNG (linked with 24a). CoYlY + lOUNGe
3	Thief seen by counter to give another ring that's changing hands (6) RAIDER. REDIAL rev, R <--> L
4	Pressure after West discarded - that's not a high card (5) EIGHT. WEIGHT - W
5	Both sides weaken small flyers (4,5) LAND RAILS. L AND R + AIL + S
6	Preferring family helping to make fine pot I smell (8) NEPOTISM (linked with 17a). HA in fiNE POT I SMell
7	Paid? On the contrary, cancels, having a change of heart (7) SETTLED. DELETES rev. w/new centre letter
8	Artificial studio sounds unchanged; later, changed (6,8) CANNED LAUGHTER. (UNCHANGED LATER)*
15	Most messy ends comprised by unconfined butting buffalo (9) UNTIDIEST. DIES in bUTTINg*
16	Encourage English maiden and bachelor to get over past (8) EMBOLDEN (linked with 22a). E + M + B + OLDEN
18	Atop odd tweed cover having many sides (7) FACETED. FACE + TwEeD
20	Nag about slices of Abertam and Urgelia getting cooked (7) SAUTEED. STEED cont. (Abertam + Urgelia)
21	Many raised on stripped-down menu that's hot (6) STOLEN (linked with 12a). LOTS rev. + mENu
23	European avoided Germans in opposition to Hitman (5) NINJA. NEIN,JA - E