Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Puzzle No. 78: Go Fish

Go Fish

By teamcrazymatt
(Originally published as MyCrossword #942.)
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Squares filled: 0/164
Exolve Print Notes Jotter

Across
1Crooked leech reneges on crimeboss, ultimately giving poisonous compound (8,5)
10I plot to helm Euro after crash passes - thou possibly art deceiving! (6,5)
11Cored pastry by breadbox? (3)
12You and I court taking in regular pieces of turf with sport - it's right to use another's (8)
14Hierarchies principally cancelled summers? (6)
16Fiend removing top? That's wrong (4)
17Young criminals hiding new books separately nowadays melt (10)
19Display covering side table initially not leaking at all (10)
20Shrub found by Panama, perhaps east of Cambodia? (4)
22One swimming a bit west of lakes that is... (6)
23...in water current resides by Parisian who is another swimmer (8)
25Extension of greeting is endless (3)
26Arranged restoration abruptly at end of mournful wake (7,4)
28Boy in chatroom with men playing quiet rhythm game (8,5)

Down
2Cry after firm hug (3)
3Termination of old bill splitting from thievery (6)
4Live a lot, largely at the house of gutless intelligentsia cursing to destress (10)
5Succeeded Mike with some scoring the primary duck (4)
6Banned impromptu ode luring its citizens northward (5,3)
7Consort's rule media starts to zealously hassle, often unlawfully (7,4)
8Ulster mimes oddly performing with stringed instruments amidst unusually warm October (2,5,6)
9Film crowds around 6:10 beginning to independently cooperate based on observation (13)
13Broken ulna I'll cure like bacteria (11)
15Pervertedly, the lie to us is shadow (10)
18Before portion of Mass, a minor bishop creates inverted writing (8)
21Pilgrimage from the South involves arrival in Australian wood (6)
24Juice drunk by both sides in macho game (4)
27First-class master's object (3)

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