Saturday, July 29, 2023

Puzzle No. 89: Cross Words

Cross Words

By teamcrazymatt
(Originally published as MyCrossword #1093.)
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Squares filled: 0/142
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Across
6What's needled jester, at heart impatient? (9)
8Puts down wheels before one wall of spare splits (5)
9Eastern doctor writing what's up with issue months from now (6)
10Oratory shaking their core without end (8)
12Use of regular patterns in myth historian reinterpreted (13)
13Sticks carbon frame for net into our yard (7)
15Son following midpoint of cartographs covered in more precise pinpoints (7)
17Few rational works before Golden Era initially blew up (4,4,1,4)
19Native kind, I generally assumed (8)
20Enters spinout, whirling about, bouncing round (6)
22Following turnover, husband dispatched from Cardiff perhaps (5)
23Home for golf fanatic penned by focus of obsession (2,7)

Down
1Detail of column written about art museum (4)
2Mademoiselle's debut in conservative society starting in turbulence (6)
3Where poultry goes to die, there's nothing, stripped of all that's bad? (3,5,4)
4Going to upright hosts' property's farthest limit, popular and unwelcome (8)
5Proven wrong about Twitch base that's critical for visibility (5,5)
7No right to have bones ultimately removed from certain cold places (6)
11Fire up underlings accepting crux of math studies (12)
12One's again tried to cause to be inspiring Earth with love very loudly (10)
14Most demanding niece oddly passes time (8)
16Way to raise support for immigrant rights at last (6)
18Peak following onset of authentic hope (6)
21Origin of totalitarianism over private municipality (4)

Saturday, July 8, 2023

Puzzle No. 88: Some Enchanted Evening

Some Enchanted Evening

By teamcrazymatt
A certain quote can be seen around the perimeter of the grid, starting at an unspecified square and traveling in an unspecified direction. The unchecked perimeter letters (including corners) can be anagrammed to read SEE A DISNEY STORY ABOUT BELLE, A GAL.
(Originally published as MyCrossword Quick #113.)
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Squares filled: 0/125
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Across
1, 21, 1d, 7d01, 21, 1d, 7dTroy A. Green convinced a holy woman, half-withdrawing, working with delight, by posturing loads and reading hearts: "Yea, be my aunt!"; traveling by Bethesda, somehow start to take in closing words (48 letters, 14 words)
8Snake pissed more out of its head (5)
9Creature found by peacekeepers beginning to intone my name (7)
10Principles of traditional Hebrews embracing moving Purim victory (7)
11Lock detectives away from trial (5)
12Ideal limits of man with camaraderie developing (8,5)
15Guarantee perhaps to be pierced by tip of cactus sticker (5)
17Reject university law about student's clothing (7)
19Grill central character in robbery at cooler in between greetings (7)
20Lass dancing a dance (5)
21See 1a

Down
1See 1a
2Aide to Labour candidates at heart weak, assuming base supports term of fascism (7)
3She endlessly stands by a tramp, wanting love that's forbidden (5)
4State's drug compound is besieged by corrupt soul; more bared in a knave's heart (5,8)
5Wandered exhausted; the nomad ultimately rests beneath dead tree stretching to the sky (7)
6One gripping cover of zydeco air (5)
7See 1a
13Frantic, I'll initiate apprehending rising criminal (7)
14She'll oddly curse, lifting sanctions (7)
16Essential points of provocative soliloquies by supporter who's full of venom (5)
18Sample morsel of that garbage after workout? (5)

Puzzle No. 99: Nature-Led