Puzzle No. 98: With This Ring

With This Ring

By teamcrazymatt

This puzzle was written for a friend's wedding on October 26 (the day after its posting here) and is designed to be at an easier solving level.
(Also published as MyCrossword #2055.)

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5	Yarns of one in a couple with sweetheart: passion at its core (6) TWINES. TWIN + swEet + pasSion
8	Endure it after organization is brought together again (8) REUNITED. (ENDURE IT)*
9	Upsetting cause of death for animated little guy (3) DOC. C.O.D. rev.
10	In twist, Brett is tactically capturing someone watching the fuzz? (9) CATSITTER. HA rev. in bRETT IS TACtically
11	Good tattoos work as memory aid, supposedly (6) GINKGO. G + INK + GO
12	Tree with nothing left by spring holiday (8) OLEASTER. O + L + EASTER
14	Film "Rascals" in the UK with hunk leading traveling adventurers (13) GLOBETROTTERS. (E.T. + ROTTERS) after GLOB
17	Hearts of anyone sparking kiss -- courtships with lovers of white roses? (8) YORKISTS. anYOne spaRKing kISs courTShips
20	Popular king initialed national documents' introductions with the same type (2,4) IN KIND. IN + K + Initialed National Documents
21	Favorable actions cut short by 4 at termination of committee (9) CONDUCIVE. CONDUCt + IV + committeE
23	Together in love -- new, without end (3) ONE. O + NEw
24	Second family chasing whiskey in empty container of alcohol (8) WINESKIN. (S + KIN) after (W + IN + E)
25	Thrown at toasts, ready to be oddly dropped (6) TOSSED. aT tOaStS rEaDy

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1	Walls of kitchen, old and cocked in the middle, all again beginning to crack (5,5) KNOCK KNOCK. (KitcheN + O + coCKed) all repeated
2	Light up Lake Michigan, entertaining young at heart, with neon (6) LUMINE. ((L + MI) cont. yoUng) + NE
3	Ultimately turning Jacuzzi off at present (4) GIFT. turninG jacuzzI ofF aT
4	Creed converted last of the order (6) DECREE. CREED* + thE
6	You and I with two diamonds in grand union (7) WEDDING. WE + D,D + IN + G
7	Sugar sources on the rocks (7) SUCROSE. SOURCES*
8	Going back on arrangement of roses to ring (13) RETROGRESSION. RE + (ROSES TO RING)*
13	Restaurant the Oaks surprisingly use (10) STEAKHOUSE. (THE OAKS)* + USE
15	Spear in dirt picked up, and gent made headless (7) TRIDENT. DIRT rev. + gENT
16	Societies initially incorporated before becoming honest (7) SINCERE. Societies + INC. + ERE
18	$100 concealed under fringes of oleander flower (6) ORCHID. (C + HID) after OleandeR
19	Extremely slick and stylish, but not loud and with strong smell (6) SKUNKY. SlicK + FUNKY - F
22	Christmas sign in the stars: Orion finally moving north (4) NOEL. (LEO + orioN) rev.

Puzzle No. 97: Three-Piece Suit

Three-Piece Suit

By teamcrazymatt

Three of the four vertical 12-letter answers are 16s; the fourth is comparatively honest. It suits them.
(Originally published as MyCrossword #1820.)

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6	Every time leaving school (4) EACH. TEACH - T
7	Stray half as loud naturally (2,6) OF COURSE. OFF-COURSE - F
10	Mocked no-good grid I clued badly (9) RIDICULED. GRID - G + I + CLUED*
12	Split hearts, being heartless (5) HALVE. H + ALiVE
13	Latest in Nintendo forbidding Pong (5) ODOUR. nintendO + DOUR
14	Streams remixed covers: final pieces from Pulp and Boney M, for example (9) SPYMASTER. STREAMS* cont. (pulP boneY
16	Initially few of us at far edge of cliff left to escort one going to bluff (4-7) FOUR-FLUSHER. Few + OUR + clifF + L + USHER
19	Yankee drew nicest shot and ran (9) STENCILED. NICEST* + LED
20	Many lonely residents stocking material (5) NYLON. HA in maNY LONely
21	One Parisian gets ahead of westbound Soviet sub (5) UNDER. UN + (RED rev.)
23	Football star returns with anthems, snubbing clubs with beasts on the field (9) ELEPHANTS. (PELE rev.) + CHANTS - C
24	Grind hole, ignoring hole at ship's stern (8) RUTHLESS. RUT + HOLE - O + S.S.
25	Taps into energy over sound again (4) ECHO. C,H in (E + O)

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1	Transmission of '30s film star by holding tablet (7) GEARBOX. (GARBO + X) cont. E
2	Verdict oddly dropped, charging corrupt office - base gets chilling wake-up (4,6) ICED COFFEE. vErDiCt in OFFICE* + E
3	Ash & Ron broke up and repeatedly got back together for holiday (4,8) ROSH HASHANAH. (ASH + RON) bank
4	Spoken, heard, spoken (4) ORAL. AURAL hom.
5	Queen of detectives disheartened chasing Jack two directions to find American's gems (7) JEWELRY. ELleRY after JEW
8	Hunter failed to eat slice of yak, passes old farts (5-7) FUDDY-DUDDIES. ((FUDD + DUD) cont. Yak) + DIES
9	Bishop has ultimate in protocol for everyone left trapped by sins: fess up to get to heaven (12) BLISSFULNESS. B + protocoL + ((U + L) in (SINS FESS)*)
11	Everything essential to racing motorcades resuming velocipede exercise, unless it goes around the Triangle (12) CIRCUMCIRCLE. raCIng motoRCades resUMing veloCIpede exeRCise unLEss
15	Top bananas lent truck to go around Spain (10) TURTLENECK. (LENT TRUCK)* cont. E
17	One standing by Knight's sample from Newcastle's Quireboys (7) ESQUIRE. HA in newcastlE'S QUIREboys
18	Those confused after playing standalone game (3-4) ONE-SHOT. THOSE* after ON
22	Fool policeman over opening of the last letter (4) DITZ. DI + The + Z