Advent 2022: #1

Advent Day 1

By Elgel

Some congou product (5)

Today's sweet is pretty vanilla; all you need to do is add it to your clue!

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• Tab/Shift-Tab: Jump to the next/previous clue in the current direction.
• Enter, Click/Tap: Toggle current direction.
• Arrow keys: Move to the nearest light square in that direction.
• Ctrl-q: Clear this, Ctrl-Q: Clear All!, Ctrl-B: Print crossword, Ctrl-/: Jump to notes, Ctrl-*: Mark clue as fave in notes, adding a * prefix.
• Spacebar: Place/clear block in the current square if it's diagramless.

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1	Splitting atoms is failing without a surrounding current (7) MITOSIS. (aTOMSIS)* around I
5	Short term staffer breaks into work by base for hierarchy (5, 4) TOTEMPOLE. TEMP in TOOL + E
8, 6d	08, 6dToday's present (5,4) DAIRYMIlK.
10	Drop below standard bearer from time to time (3) ERR. bEaReR
11	Wood just has the first half cut (3) PLY. simPLY
12	Crop top for parrot (3) APE. APEx
13	In a tough position, Derek soon breaks down (9) SNOOKERED. (DEREKSOON)*
14	After endless break, Poles get raises (7) UPTURNS. rUPTURe + N + S

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1	Grieve with ashes container, following standard practice (5) MOURN. MO + URN
2	One keeps drink from Spooner's #1 child (6) TEAPOT. Spoonerism of PEE TOT
3	More lively in hose, perhaps; essentially freed (6) SPRYER. SPRaYER
4	Decline fruit with soft filling (5) SLOPE. P in SLOE
5	Football finally cancelled, for cold rain upset supporters (4) TEES. SlEET<
7	Outspoken setter would get put on a watchlist? (4) EYED. Hom. of I'D
8	Angrily prod for candy piece (4) DROP. (PROD)*
9	Verify Arnold's smuggling tale (4) YARN. verifY ARNold

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Advent 2022: #0

Advent Calendar

By Elgel

Welcome to this year's advent!
Things may not make sense at first; but each day, you'll get some more of the grid, and an individual puzzle to explain that day's clue (that day's clue might not go in those cells though!)

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1st	1stSome congou product
2nd	2ndN., 1st up Niagara; er, no resub? Ew
3rd	3rdOh, our time for crier
4th	4thResponse's pat; use snare (overt) w/ sheet, rent, closing
5th	5thTolstoy hero, an EU nat under his tin bits
6th	6thMoment to go off, mentoring son on model lament
7th	7thPoor lab, emoting for chicken that surrounds you folk
8th	8thB-bully put flab flat on cat; flip hard!
9th	9thSign of mail flier enough to sea's succor
10th	10thShock by Po; Jethro w/out q-tips. Ask Atari, perhaps
11th	11thEaster partying brings youths for picking?
12th	12thGraham, with a habit of a mare hat, to thaw ice halo on hay
13th	13thLoop on; no site to bolt
14th	14thSo country, lacking win, meets day's end; winter covers island empire
15th	15th(First growth before Russia admits terrible crime)*
16th	16thBreaking in without a light, where he (and St.) finds activity in the pale
17th	17thGold fir cask (new 1999) ; afire, decided bank tap for yen
18th	18thEndanger presenters in gin stable gal Tate's case; note and rescind power (too 'Dell')
19th	19thArt work: Mist Lakes
20th	20thHoliday place boxmen sat, old to us
21st	21stFlier/quadruped trots, avoiding sea caves associated with comedian
22nd	22ndDead cuckoo bearer is focus for dog in Africa, upset with row about Noel
23rd	23rdDad sees how to make onanist redder; and how to find that deed from sound, ere Auntie Hannah sits?
24th	24thCubs quit night, indicting goo
25th	25thNow sign off!

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Variety Cryptic 18: P is for Pterodactyl

P is for Pterodactyl

By Elgel

Apologies for the delays between puzzles; I've been busy moving to a new city and a new job role, and haven't had much time for making grids. I do have multiple in the works though, so stay tuned.

The letter shapes on the left can all be fitted together into the main grid, without overlap.
The grid cells untouched by letter shapes give two descriptions of this puzzle, one for each way you resolve an ambiguity.
Do note the ordering of letters in the shape words; to fit the constraint of "finishing this year", they don't all go round as neatly as I'd like.

Interface instructions: use Shift-[letter] to move the coloured shapes around.

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The unused cells spell either PANGRAM or TANGRAM, depending on if you give PENT or TENT as the answer for 3a.

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1	One representing five taken in by car group meets blame (6) AVATAR. V in AA + TAR
2	Blow arrangement by leaving Lex in confusion (4) LINE. (LEx IN)*
3	Held in quiet netscape's back, covering for nonresident (4) PENT. or TENT; P + netscapE NonresidenT, or backwards in quieT NETscape's
4	Jet is cause of anemia? (5) BLACK. (vitamin) B-LACK
5	I sadly assumed another name (5) ALIAS. I in ALAS
6	Hollywood hideout is filled up (5) LADEN. LA DEN
7	Some wine perhaps in tale surrounding tour on vacation (5) LITRE. TouR in LIE
8	Moll's upset with delay (3) LAG. GAL<
9	Exclamation as pilot's stressing units over the radio (5) JEEZE. Hom. of Gs
10	Rod cut round lake (4) AXLE. L in AXE
11	Venerable one's fifth plot? (4) BEDE. BED E
12	Cohort goes next, though often ignored (3,1) GENX. GoEs NeXt
13	Half eaten children scattered around monster (4) LICH. (CHILdren)*
14	One leaving bar with jug? (6) BREWER. BaR + EWER
15	Stars breaking up in Nebraska over eggs (5) NOVAE. OVA in NE
16	Roof piece finishes off Mount Fuji memorial service (4) TILE. mounT fujI memoriaL servicE
17	Promise that could inspire studs into becoming hard-working? (3) IOU. studs -> studIOUs
18	While cycling, catch badgers (4) NAGS. SNAG -> NAGS
19	Snakebird painting (perhaps in blood, perversely) (6) DARTER. ART in RED<
20	Kill, marrying, f***? Rejecting each, a cunning method (5) SLYLY. SLaY + LaY
21	Ecstasy precedes special kind of experience (3) ESP. E + SP
22	Setter's hunt for gold (4) MINE. D.D.
23	Muscle top's swapping bottoms with no prep (2,3) ADLIB. AB LID w/ ends swapped
24	Brief, amazed description of Mo's seating (5) SOFAS. SO FASt
25	Suggest knight over knave in court position (5) NUDGE. JUDGE w/ J->N
26	Scuffed knee raw, causing alarm (7) WAKENER. (KNEERAW)*
27	In the end, status quo returned for Middle East market (4) SOUQ. statuS + QUO<
28	Poetic, ethereal artiste Rory's exhausted (4) AERY. ArtistE RorY
29	One third of stand falls off music player (4) IPOD. trIPOD
30	Paul's partner found in naked orgy (3) ART. pARTy
31	Period ending in us leaving (4) TERM. TERMinus
32	Abandoned without name or relief (4) ALOE. ALOnE
33	Call over pal (3) BUD. DUB<
34	River finally cleared out messy place (3) STY. STYx
35	Shredded moss and fruits (7) DAMSONS. (MOSSAND)*
36	Forcefully take short boat back (4) GRAB. BARGe<
37	Sitter's requirement and product? (5) STOOL. D.D.
38	Carroll's sleep terror is boring? (5) DREAR. Carrollism of DREAM FEAR
39	Dry, spectacle-wearing German (4) OTTO. TT in OO
40	Madman trades both mothers for drugs, attaining paradise (4) EDEN. MADMAN w/ each MA->E
41	Something remembered in memorial; a modem... (5) ALAMO. memoriAL A MOdem
42	...understanding handling 56K (6) KELVIN. LVI in KEN

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A	Talk poetically of lost little area (10) ALLITERATE. (LITTLEAREA)*
B	Gave support for foul and obvious Spoonerism (10) BANKROLLED. Spoonerism of RANK BOLD
C	Regularly act angry or suspicious (4) CAGY. aCt AnGrY
D	Weatherman's unit for graduating time (6,3) DEGREEDAY. D.D.
E	I'd best be off; good timing for going down river (3,5) EBBTIDES. (IDBESTBE)*
F	Pay respects by one monarch; and again, getting more passionate (7) FIERIER. F + I ER + I ER
G	One filled with bile is happier holding everything back, initially (4,7) GALLBLADDER. ALL + Back in GLADDER
H	Using tongue, he gets to the centre of his Twisters (7) HELIXES. Hom. of HE LICKS (H)IS
I	Kill current now (3) ICE. I + CE
J	In Paris, I returned most of dirty stone (5) JEWEL. JE + LEWd<
K	Born into royalty, getting a leg up? (7) KNEEING. NEE in KING
L	Keep on; so role becomes rote? (4) LAST. ROLE with L AS T becomes ROTE
M	Inspiring arrangements of low, large bras broken by pig (4,6) MOODBOARDS. BOAR in MOO + DDS
N	Call-out button on boats (5) NAVAL. Hom. of NAVEL
O	Going with the clock on individual tax to piccolo? (8) OTTAVINO. Reversal ('going with the clock') of ON + I + VAT + TO
P	According to appeals, 'to take notice' means 'causes' (9) PERSUADES. AD in PER + SUES
Q	Quite bold, baroque, mashup (4,5) QUODLIBET. (QUITEBOLD)*
R	Talk earnestly, fascinated with proton-neutron exchange (4) RANT. RAPT w/ P->N
S	Small journey around a distinctive path (6) STREAK. A in S + TREK
T	Blows past Tesla's cars (5) TRAPS. T + RAPS
U	Let go new ladies in employment (7) UNLOOSE. N + LOO in USE
V	Very wrong to skip start in dance (5) VALSE. V + fALSE
W	Supplier's heated argument's beginning in taking the husband out (5,4) WATERMAIN. ThE in WARM + Argument + IN
X	Doctors exonerating cutting poor triage for anaesthetic (5) XENON. (EXONERATING - TRIAGE)*
Y	Old hand from the old country (6) YEOMAN. YE + OMAN
Z	Take a look into god completely stripping acolytes with fervour (9) ZEALOUSLY. A + LO in ZEUS + acoLYtes

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