Saturday, March 18, 2023

Puzzle No. 81: Intimate Sights

Intimate Sights

By teamcrazymatt
Seventeen answers in the grid are fictional characters who fall into a certain category; they are undefined in their clues (wordplay only). Other clues & answers are normal, though eight more members of this group can be found besides.
(Originally published as MyCrossword #981.)
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Squares filled: 0/156
Exolve Print Notes Jotter

Across
1See 22d
3Cold beer (4)
5Houses surrounding lake (6)
9Assorted unique collection of burr, root, or rub that's used to make speed (5)
10Nine taking off clothing after party (5)
12Doubling oxygen in inlet (3)
13, 3913, 39End of séance - first, mysteriously annoy a soul (6)
14Empty, ultimately turning to heart of melancholia (5)
15Factory grind (8)
16Edges of alder with frequency producing bark (3)
18Left east, pursuing affair on dandy's term (5)
20League had departed (4)
21Pull out, run from current keep (4)
23Odd boomerangs striking setter (4)
25See 29a
26In channel, there's penultimate of scenes caught to edit again (5)
29, 2529, 25Rearranged asters spread by amateur ocean dweller (3,4)
30Organising odd pieces from Avicii with charm to make Mexican music (8)
31Turning tide with energy (5)
32Kicking last member from press an extremely short distance (3)
33See 36d
34It's dirty waste - crushing, disheartened ruin (5)
35Rejecting limits, gizmo inventor drained port (5)
37Inhabitants of Piccadilly 'n' Leyton (6)
38See 1d
39See 13a

Down
1, 38a01, 38aGetting rid of union, Jesuits constructed over a thousand watercraft (3,4)
2In front of club, rail against catch (7)
3Rotten cola - regularly needing scraper to reveal cavities (7)
4Initially loving a dazzling young dame (4)
6Market town soundless, completely unsectioned? (6)
7Opening horse is poor (7)
8Radical abandoning fight with Germany (5)
11Suggestions of developing proteins (8)
14Endeavour to meet with those leading in evacuation; dozens stayed (5)
17Queen chasing fame loves those at the top - and such height! (8)
19See 30d
21See 36d
22, 1a22, 1aUndertaking to track atom with helium's effect - a desired result (2,3,3)
24Ecuadoran every so often only performing at an old stage (5,2)
26Evacuated whirlpool during storms (7)
27Nasty stink follows unfinished article (7)
28Millions are, I've heard, wealth free of interest (6)
30, 1930, 19Acts proposed in style overturned obstacle (5,3)
32Rare to leave before noon ahead of king (4)
36, 21, 33a36, 21, 33aSeriously regret hurt essayed in error without any end to sadness (3,3,3)

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