Friday, August 19, 2022

Puzzle No. 66: Insomnia

Insomnia

By teamcrazymatt
I gridded this puzzle when I couldn't sleep. Reflecting this, seven answers must be identically altered before entry into the grid. Enumerations have been withheld. No entries are hyphenated, abbreviations, or multiple words.
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Squares filled: 0/100
Exolve Print Notes Jotter

Across
1Film that didn't exist to pursue shred of loftiness at a measured pace
5Wear out following spree
9A friend beginning to manufacture laser, possibly
10Married son left out snazziest makeup; covering face of men, it's very stern
13Shield wicked ogre often
14Fold last bit of paper; cut out end
15See The Sixth Sense at club
17Crypt unfinished after a bit
19Left some of petunias for indigenous islanders
20Coiffeuse's ultimate number-one blade
22Flamboyance seen by setter acquiring copper tub
24Send more guns to resistance at eastern border of Ukraine, essentially militarising millions
27Something added by charging unearned junk that's penniless
28Some light intensity is able to almost impede
29Removed frame from art seen at openings of ostentatious sunrise masses
30Sharp sting

Down
1Feller sailor's chasing sleeps interminably
2Sorry to close in on one's other identity
3Booed klutz; in the end, ruined drinks
4Rearing horse finally frightening crowd
5Oddly-formal tense parts mend rift
6Ascended lines recited
7Rabies found in extremely lousy donkey throwing up
8Confusion after first couple bared penis before taking money
11Nonstop insanity after comely Amazons completely stripped, revealing midsections
12Compress Mark into drum
16Discovered space with a rodent
18Photographers taking latitude shooting average stately Italian buildings
21No time to fear making mistake
23Open during sundown
25Test apprentice, at last cross in the morning
26Uplifting island with no trace of bad atmosphere

Friday, August 5, 2022

Puzzle No. 65: Wise Enough

Wise Enough

By teamcrazymatt
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Squares filled: 0/53
Exolve Print Notes Jotter

Across
1Cleared out many carcinogens - they cause cancer (4)
3Makes Tut king over entire core of states on east coast of Egypt (4)
6Your time at hospital goes by quickly in the end (3)
7Match up extremely shaky note with Taps (5)
8Reading any article-free section during dry meeting (5)
12Spunky Mr Yale's content being Welsh (5)
14Pull up quick after starting off (3)
15Crossbar scoundrels essentially placed on railway (4)
16Come here by ship in port (4)

Down
1Army that guards invention (4)
2Vault clerk, really young, initially on point... (5)
4...since Glaswegian held up banks of Norway and Sweden (3)
5Be quiet three hours after start of silence (4)
7Lacking confidence, they'll sometimes put in drops of strawberry yoghurt (5)
9Prints page for English textile units (5)
10The blue river produces dairy product in Iceland (4)
11Case for country on way to achieve growth (4)
13Scrap from marshalling yard found by navy's old mine (3)

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