#34: Jordan Memories

Another experiment with weird symmetry! This is my last grid of the year, so let me wish a happy 2021 (or at least uneventful one) to everyone—here's to many more grids in the future! 🎆

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#33: Persian Tiger

Persian Tiger

By Jack H Keynes

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Exolve Print Notes Jotter Webifi Ⓒ 2020 Jack H Keynes

Crossword ID: 33

Exolve v1.61 February 22, 2025 Report-Bug Exolve-on-GitHub Community

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	Abandoned on account of rattlesnake? (8)
	Begin filming in case one ascends on its own (6)
	Bickering, read out diagram—perhaps someone bankrupt? (8)
	Can friend return computer? (6)
	Collects unopened chisels (6)
	Elizabeth ends up fifty-nine in spring (5)
	Even call the army support in Granada (8)
	Fanatics somehow stole a Zuccaro original (7)
	Fourth of Persepolis, old king from the East! (6)
	Good, Jack's allowed a lime cocktail (6)
	Inside, I stick with some believing in God (7)
	Island circled by court player (7)
	Junior solver unfaithful to other half? (8)
	Lift beams for dictator (5)
	Likely facedown (5)
	Misfit Spooner's expensive despair (6)
	Musician suggests incest trial? (4,11)
	Worker follows Jack as intended (5)
	Overthrew some sheik—a saga near city (8)
	Pauses and manages to decrypt (6)
	Peacekeeper friar and journalist's shirt, perhaps (8)
	Pet's nibbled king for bishop (6)
	Stuck pitcher in the middle of wobbly desk (8)
	Tangoes setting?! (7)
	Warmest doughnut discounted—most appetising! (8)
	Won't have to wait long for strange-quark uninductor? (5,10)

#32: Snowy Festivities

Happy Christmas! To celebrate, here's a delightfully-gigantic present for you all! 🎄🎁

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OUTTAKE 1: Seven by Five

A silly little thrown-together-in-half-an-hour puzzle! ⏰

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#31: Crown Prince

A somewhat non-standard grid shape this time; I hope you enjoy it! 👑🤖

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#30: Manhattan Orchestra

Are we counting 30 as a milestone? Just an ordinary grid for you all today—have fun!

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COLLAB #1: Sunday Solve?

My first collaboration! This grid was put together working with the illustrious MentalPlayground, whose grids can be found here. Have fun!

#29: Superlatively Discombobulate

A grid in which the across clues, and the down clues, form sonnets in iambic pentameter! I hope Shakespeare is proud. Other than that, an entirely ordinary cryptic crossword—have fun! 🖋️

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#28: Toad Stick

Another baby grid, perhaps a little harder than the last—can you beat 15 minutes? 👶

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#27: Top Dollar

A new themed grid for the weekend! 😋

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#26: Circus Tent

A hopefully nice-and-easy quick, small grid, which is also a pangram :)

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#25: Regrettable Comments

A new grid, with a classic theme! 📖

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#24: Raising Puppies

No theme, just a cool grid a little bigger than normal—have fun!

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#23: Glass Portals

No theme, but this one is based on a community grid pattern, which is fun!

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#22: Bit Flips

 A computerish theme this week! 🤖

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#21: Mocking Pastry

 Just a little wordplay fun this time!

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#20: Final Remarks

 We've got a tricky theme this time, with some missing definitions... 🔍

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#19: Record Dreaming

Something to hum along to, maybe :D

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#18: River Time

#17: Fiery Unrest

😈😈😈 CONTENT WARNING: THIS GRID IS VERY DIFFICULT, MUCH MORE SO THAN MY USUAL FARE 😈😈😈

A smaller grid this week! 🔥 To make up the size, it's a pangram!

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#16: Greek Philospher

#15: Orbital Dancing

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Note to the Interested Reader

This is just a warning to the explorer of my archives that from here on into the past, I cannot vouch at all for the quality of the grids. Be careful out there!

#14: Spicy Relations

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#13: Crossing Threshold

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#12: Communist Utopia

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#11: Malaysian Land

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#10: Look at the Letters

The most horribly-shaped grid I've ever made, in service to a big-brain theme...

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#9: Unorthodox Sandwiches

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#8: Middle Square

A rather self-referential title, if I do say so myself :D

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#7: Anonymous Introduction

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#6: Ink Cloth

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#5: Royal Flush

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#4: Friends and Enemies

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#3: Divine Element

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#2: Flat Earth

Cute little pangram time!🌍

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#1: Spinnerette

The first grid I ever made, so be gentle lol 🕷️

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