Sunday, April 21, 2024

Puzzle No. 94: Netflix & Chill

Netflix & Chill

By teamcrazymatt
(Originally published as MyCrossword #1672.)
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Squares filled: 0/155
Exolve Print Notes Jotter

Across
7In order to win, I'd try every so often (4)
8Son, prince and first in line, buried - royal's left all broken up (10)
11Written during stroke and disease affecting Spooner's tongue (2,5,3,5)
12King beside First Lady clenching butt crack (8)
13Come over, falling at last into tangle of arms (6)
16Engineer sniffed a secret, and Tesla raised awareness by mistake (9,6)
18Leader of squadron has two forks, eating dinner oddly with port (6)
19Doctor on record has treated lad catching case of flu that's horrible (8)
21These cool cast-iron dice cut in a store (3,12)
23SHIELD taking charge once the MCU's collapsed, losing millions (10)
24Bit at donut, gaining mass (4)

Down
1Halts to take earliest of cabs after express flights (10)
2Not hard to swallow some drivel Biden's fixed up (6)
3Agent's fine and drug charge rocked head of NSA with spasm (9)
4Finally break alibi - official on pot is fired here (4)
5Irish setter in the back that swallowed bug (8)
6Not working with creep taking off top (4)
9I discovered porn (hot!) on a few floppy disks in stacks (5,2,5)
10Epic swindle initially covered up by top-salaried suspect (8,4)
14Cooked omelettes with last drop of rum and with spirit (10)
15Praise depth a speech includes (9)
17Before conclusion of hole I'd err, bust clubs and tee, and change course (8)
20Duke taking ecstasy at a party (6)
21Grows to forget W, X, Y, and Z? (4)
22Capital speech from Homer at entrance to Acropolis (4)

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