Puzzle No. 62: Workplace Incident

Workplace Incident

By teamcrazymatt

There was an amusing incident at my workplace a couple days ago consisting of a 17 18 20 22 23. I thought it might make a fun puzzle. Hope you agree!
(Originally published as MyCrossword Quick #52.)

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1	Throwing out Matt's wrapping, easily create Christmas presents (13) CHARACTERISES. (CREATE CHRISTMAS)* - MatT
8	Priest judges quizzes (5) PUMPS. P + UMPS
9	Pop round right before one with hint of Korean spice (7) PAPRIKA. PAPA cont. (R + I + Korean)
10	Grumpy Old Men's opening not shown by drag club in Los Angeles (7) DODGERS. def. note: a baseball team | cODGERS after D
11	Independent framing a degree, on the contrary, is pest (5) APHID. (A + PH.D.) cont. I
13	Pleasure from second of erotic energy at length is hot (6) RELISH. eRotic + E + L + IS + H
15	Work at last, say (6) BEAVER. BE + AVER
17	School's principal unwilling to lose heart for laziness (5) SLOTH. School + LOaTH
18	That is stuffed and that is stuffed with heroin (7) PLUSHIE. (PLUS + I.E.) cont. H
20	Rejected dates over not-quite proper pants (7) DROPPED. D,D cont. PROPEr*
22	In pieces as cut down (5) UNDER. ASUNDER - AS
23	Limitless amusement sitting with company; tears flowing, it's a hell of a ride (6,7) ROLLER COASTER. dROLLERy + CO + TEARS*

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1	Batman persuaded criminal to trap Clayface in Batmobile, perhaps (5,8) CAPED CRUSADER. (PERSUADED* cont. Clay) in CAR
2	Mammal that burrows into branch with difficulty is harmful (9) ARMADILLO. ILL in (ARM + ADO)
3	Exhibition from Angola is leaving passage (5) AISLE. HA in angolA IS LEaving
4	Disheartened, Tony is beginning to tremble, gripping Power Keyboard user (6) TYPIST. (TonY + IS + Tremble) cont. P
5	Succeed a revolutionary liberal genius (7) REPLACE. PER rev. + L + ACE
6	Jump all but the last runner (3) SKI. SKIp
7	Before timeless panic, flag statistical measurement (8,5) STANDARD ERROR. (TERROR - T) after STANDARD
12	Be done with ridiculous avid hate after start of heartache (4,3,2) HAVE HAD IT. (AVID HATE)* after Heartache
14	Fellow inspired by records spinning yarn (7) SCHAPPE. CHAP in (EPS rev.)
16	Turned up in placid opening of some poetry (6) EPODIC. HA rev. in plaCID OPEning
19	It dangles over tops of Alpine larches under visible umbras (5) UVULA. (Alpine Larches Under Visible Umbras) rev.
21	Cream seen on occasion in social (3) OIL. sOcIaL

Puzzle No. 61: There Is No Gimmick Here

There Is No Gimmick Here

By teamcrazymatt

(Originally published as MyCrossword #502.)

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7	Renounce Inspector North arresting plant (6) DISOWN. (DI + N) cont. SOW
8	Perform operation on your guts to accept employ again (8) REOCCUPY. (YOUR + aCCEPt)*
10	Choice to reject new love is chill after date (8) DECISION. (N + O + IS + ICE) rev. after D
11, 21	11, 21Objectivist OK with plan to make probability simulator (6,5) GALTON BOARD. GALT + ON BOARD
12	Pasta with no traces of Ragu or vinaigrette sauce (5) AIOLI. RAVIOLI - Ragu - Vinaigrette
13	Soldier, troop's leader, has flatbreads (8) PARATHAS. PARA + Troop + HAS
15	American spirits I would put in cigar box (7) HUMIDOR. HUMOR cont. I'D
16	Take the wrong way down a royal street; initially setter's heading west (7) MISREAD. (D + A + ER + Street + I'M) rev.
18	French art dons draw first of summer storms (8) TEMPESTS. ES in TEMPT + Summer
21	See 11a
22	Baselessly cooked trifles? They can cause heart pains (6) FLIRTS. TRIFLES* - E
24	Asinine work like Venus de Milo not accepted (8) GORMLESS. GO + ARMLESS - A
25	Give up recalled information possessed by moderate (8) ABNEGATE. GEN rev. in ABATE
26	All leave old English university not empty (6) EXEUNT. EX + E + U + NoT

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2, 1	02, 1Prepare youth decently - one works to beat visual novel (4,4,10,4) DOKI DOKI LITERATURE CLUB. DO + KID + OK + I + LITERATURE + CLUB
3	"They slow down in birth," I so interpreted (10) INHIBITORS. (IN BIRTH I SO)*
4	Union agreement about national divides essentially happily complete (6) PRENUP. (RE + N) in (hapPily + UP)
5	Enterprising enemy of British organization? (4) BORG. def. note: hostile race in the Star Trek universe | B + ORG
6	Ordinary old European adopting old cat (6) OCELOT. O + (CELT cont. O)
9	Spinning upright, Silver and I talk (14) PROPAGANDISING. PROP + AG + AND + I + SING
14	Pays back tailors' messier clothing, turned up clean (10) REIMBURSES. MESSIER* cont. (RUB rev.)
17	Again connects true stories (8) REALLIES. REAL + LIES
19	Removes afterthought covering press (6) PURGES. P.S. cont. URGE
20	10 soldiers backed SEAL (6) SIGNET. (TEN + GIS) rev.
23	Water root of cypress tree (4) SOAK. cypresS + OAK

Puzzle No. 60: Making a Hash of It

Making a Hash of It

By teamcrazymatt

(Originally published as MyCrossword #491.)

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6	Mark those strange boxes for ceremony (3,6) THE OSCARS. SCAR in THOSE*
8	Bill's outside third spot in Garage 21A (5) BREAK. BEAK cont. gaRage
9	South Carolina spaceport getting around a situation (8) SCENARIO. (SC + EN + RIO) cont. A
10	#turning Zed brown (6) NUMBER. Z turned 90 degrees (=N) + UMBER
11	Somewhat bemused birds (4) EMUS. HA in bEMUSed
12	Extremely lousy after SmartInk broken by early sign of crashing completely? (8) INTACTLY. LousY after ((IN + TAT) cont. Crashing)
15	#mint to lament returns (3-3-3,4) TIC-TAC-TOE GRID. TIC-TAC + TO + (DIRGE rev.)
17	Start to play with pylon ultimately stolen from construction of turnpikes (6,2) STRIKE UP. TURNPIKES* - pyloN
18	Mythical flower from often-sketchy times (4) STYX. SkeTchY + X
20	End of Atlantic spring: hollow, pretty rough (6) CHOPPY. atlantiC + HOP + PrettY
21	#stuck in wide rut, car frantically spinning (8) FRACTURE. HA rev. in widE RUT CAR Frantically
22	Instruct doctor to attend sick (5) DRILL. DR + ILL
23	#benefit to incorporate slander - not good (9) PERMALINK. PERK cont. MALIGN - G

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1	#piece of cheese mild? Curse at partner (9) CHECKMATE. Cheese + HECK + MATE
2	#peacekeepers down to be included in short paper (6) POUNDS. (UN + D) in POSt
3	Relative drinking one spirit (4) BRIO. BRO cont. I
4	Glass about to cover tip of used vibrator (8) TREMBLER. TUMBLER, RE <--> Used
5	Server drops independent stream (5) WATER. WAITER - I
7	#Joker's conviction initially struck (11) CARDINALITY. CARD + fINALITY
10	A bit of material upon cells' development! (11) NUCLEOPLASM. (A + Material + UPON CELLS)*, &lit
13	It's in the donation (5) TITHE. IT in THE
14	Start of global rave supporting Maelstrom, a reggae singer (4,5) EDDY GRANT. (Global + RANT) after EDDY
16	Participant in fling (a dance) participating in party (8) CATAPULT. (A + TAP) in CULT
18	Sting after changing Poles' compromise (6) SETTLE. NETTLE, S <--> N
19	#roughness - push a poker up backsides (5) SHARP. roughnesS pusH A pokeR uP
21	Supply channel (4) FEED. DD