Crossword for Sat, 2/Apr/2022

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Across
1: Try to deny yod is a vowel intrinsically (7)

4: Again dices pith of herb as stuffing for baguettes (7)

8: Bridge players under low deer (5)

9: Ran into a section of the time-table (3)

10: Endless taping-over is unsuitable (5)

11: Bugler to stand playing in fields of war (13)

13: Fork prong holds passion fruit (9)

15: Hold up congressman ... (5)

17: A revolutionary New England state or an Indian state (5)

18: Formulate a question in mathematical terms (9)

20: National official is here, carrying identification, after challenge overwhelms local center (4-9)

23: Maverick starting to buck in wind (5)

24: Therefore, finish off this bit of work (3)

25: Send back stopwatch, as an example (5)

26: The night before, take a break--it's a BIG mountain (7)

27: Candy, Rod, Gump all confused (7)

Down
1: Strange red item showing black mark (7)

2: Migrating bass: known winter traveling hazard (9)

3: Compete with life in France (3)

4: Put a new value on what secret agent is hiding (5)

5: For Proust, life's purpose springs from remembrance of a torn desire (6,5)

6: Discover merit after first lesson (5)

7: Please start to sing at one San Francisco club (7)

9: Ordering a meal is causing uneasiness (7)

12: Employ heart-broken Spartans where disaster came to pass. (11)

14: Indulge artfully in dodging (7)

16: Far out, man, to rile someone who tells cats what to do (9)

17: Opposed to commercial lyrics. . . (7)

19: Putting your foot in it may incite Royal intervention (7)

21: Top communicator qualified to produce telegram (5)

22: Release pressure after energy incident (5)

25: Thumb Drum? (3)





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