Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Puzzle No. 69: Before Launch

Before Launch

By teamcrazymatt
19 23, one of the 27!
(Originally published as MyCrossword #686.)
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Squares filled: 0/147
Exolve Print Notes Jotter

Across
1"Sorry, that's through," retracted angry hosts (2,3)
4Instigated violent defeat of many surrendering coasts of Fukuyama and Yokohama (8)
8Craft website involved in moving grouse nearly receives just punishment (4,5)
9Desert island beside receding swamp (4)
10Mocked men retreating, like Theodore (7)
11Had been to England initially before duke thrown out (6)
13Hack about to secure key loot (6)
14Repeated energy Tool album includes (6)
17Peacekeepers' singular help that isn't declared (6)
19Each in reserve is excellent (6)
22Overwhelm Tug, repulsed by loud space beforehand (6)
24Sick with boils, and both sides of uteri out of sorts (7)
26Broadcast live before morning (4)
27Ordered analogism flowers (9)
28Biased maps adjusting latitude to the Far East before beginning to advertise books (2,1,5)
29Small fruit is bit of pickle (5)

Down
1Mum has got to eat good grub (6)
2King's wife and ambassador breaking Sabbath in error (9)
3Doctor now arresting first of young students for battery (3,4)
4Fine university perhaps writing part of this clue (4)
5Communication breakdown of sages bores me (7)
6Put back hard liquor before start of the evening (5)
7Represents base mob; in shambles, goes under (8)
12One of 23 revolutionary saints (5)
15Plant killer police found in a Volkswagen Beetle (9)
16Don't take in enough of infinite capital before a time (8)
18Problem raising cover on novel (7)
20Is active in oddest of Paris cells (7)
21Pointer dogs above board, frequently (6)
23Manipulates sports (5)
25At heart, old gangbang partner might not be straight (4)

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