Crossword for Thu, 4/Nov/2021

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Across
1: Fighters

6: Walking-on-air feeling

9: Magna cum __

10: 'Golly!'

11: Diva's repertoire

12: 'Boston Public' figure

14: Josh

15: Ram truck maker

16: Paleontological preservative

18: Sour

20: Talks, in a way

23: Mag. submissions

24: Flowering shrub of the four-o'clock family

25: Battle of the ___

26: Scheduled

27: Fix one's shoelaces, e.g.

28: Circus employee

29: Waterwheel drivers
Down
1: Sources of power for the daily grind?

2: Ludicrous

3: Initial advantage

4: Brought to nought

5: Oozing

6: Bunkum

7: Less friendly

8: Part of CBS (Abbr.)

13: Outside consultants?

17: Fool

19: Big lug

20: Celeb status

21: Refined

22: Ear bone

24: Pleasingly plump

25: Word with down, up or back




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