Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Puzzle No. 59: Final Exams

Final Exams

By teamcrazymatt
As final exams are approaching, every answer in this grid ends with E, X, A, M, or S. Good luck!
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Across
2That woman attending Disney park essentially needs pen (9)
8Creatures of habit swallowing ordinary things, usually (5)
10Student standing west of a big country (4)
12Noisy parents are those breathing deeply (7)
13A tune about American music group (init.) (4)
14Irish accepting note? On the contrary - it's old money (4)
15Pro's transfixed by endlessly-careless, initially-mistaken belief something should be fixed (9)
17Writing in books left one Frenchman returning to write majestic-sounding phrase (9)
19Painstakingly grasping Hebrew letters (4)
20Spot revolving planet in orbit every so often (4)
22Hair color changes from noises enrapturing the old (7)
23In some measure, easiest South African exclamation (4)
24Accept retiring queen is beset by age (5)
25Saw lives die? US on the right "makes great" (9)

Down
1Not having paid bottom dollar after rainstorm (2,7)
3Ghoul is a regular old flyer (4)
4Incarcerates angels in Bedlam over nothing (7)
5Lung disease in an opium den running wild - it's out of its depth (9)
6Retreat in the same way, following head of officers (5)
7Call for soldiers, storm a building (2,4)
9Small prettier major is outside writing brief (5-4)
11Ocean, oddly tame, swallowed first of several travelling companions (9)
14Ordering gin sling (not good) for reinforcements (7)
16Shakespearean maid turned green before one act's opening (6)
18Binder: "All the Essentials on Times Table" (5)
21Climbing pass, shelter before ultimately seeing monster (4)

Saturday, May 28, 2022

Puzzle No. 58: Air on a G String

Air on a G String

By teamcrazymatt
(Originally published as MyCrossword #454.)
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Across
6Open unopened lotion, squeezing out bit of balm (6)
8Trades professional games, making small signature (7)
9Alternatively, had tenor repeatedly reworked parts? (2,3,5,4)
12Jewel gleams now and then (3)
13Adoration from judge following vow with note (8)
15Examine gift for setter: it's a rock (6)
17Not in service having left sales industry? (3,2,10)
21Route for boat from here to follow banks of Seine (6)
23Playing golf around morning leads to inevitably nailing birdie (8)
27Whichever millions drawn from lots (3)
28Time to honor 27 extremists after communist arrests Conservative implicated by film (11,3)
30Question disgusting student coming to club at a rapid pace (7)
31Desert military outpost; junior admirals very enraged at first (6)

Down
1See 29d
2Nowadays, looking back, untangling maze is what gives you an itch (6)
3Split, carrying top of long rod (4)
4Sweetheart on date not quite chaste, wearing his odd pants (8)
5One high on ecstasy enraptured by star, seeing no answer (6)
7Agree to start to give up (3,2)
10Greeting torture with love (5)
11Extremely fast track sent up bad smell (5)
14Two entrances initially cued up (5)
16Whip crowd wanting royal's head (5)
18Loud fizzy cola-drinking guys dance (8)
19Drink whiskey with drop of absinthe (5)
20During contests, win expensive pigs (5)
22Way river flowing north attracts nude regulars (6)
24Fellow capturing fantasy creature raising high bar? (6)
25Blind flower girl read about occasionally in varied hymns (5)
26Some air information supporting devious removal of force (6)
29, 129, 1Extremely unlikable global criminal is looking up old film star (4,6)

Sunday, May 8, 2022

Puzzle No. 57: Cracking the Cryptic?

Cracking the Cryptic?

By teamcrazymatt
I have suffered a recent injury that has similarly befallen this cryptic. The last letter of every answer in the grid has detached itself from the end and replaced itself somewhere else in that particular solution. (For example, if a clue's answer is ANSWER, it should be entered as RANSWE, ARNSWE, ANRSWE, ANSRWE, or ANSWRE.) Every replaced end letter is checked. Enter all the answers properly and my injury will reveal itself.
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Across
1One watching young boy constructing battery is... (10)
8...father arranging truce, taking a break (8)
9Fakes afterthought about baby (7)
10Mere incomplete books brought to a people (6)
12Alone, screwed by love (4)
13Gatecrash popular bar? Offensive (7)
18Ambulances run regularly, carrying revolutionary American hospital worker (2,5)
20Charm sweetheart after short time (4)
21Last character assembling a gift gets plump (6)
22Path for information reserve a bit backwards (7)
23Interval where no spell is cast about during vacuous seance (8)
24Slow day with English bachelor leaving rave (10)

Down
1Deny initially feeling faith (6)
2Bowl over during habaneras (5)
3Staff are secure to see lover of junk? (6)
4Lively composition from school with zero correction (7)
5Walrus suddenly swallowed grain (6)
6Hoard time on cruise (5)
7Cereal regularly cut with fork is long, thin, and slippery (4)
11Leader of the incompetent can be adjusted (7)
14Republican to get rid of veto (6)
15Retiring horse having lost focus makes comeback (6)
16Two soldiers beginning to slaughter monsters (6)
17Console Penny in front of Old Navy before seeing lakes (5)
19Stare at some playing "Lo, a Rose" (5)
20Heartlessly dispensed wages (4)

Puzzle No. 99: Nature-Led