Crossword for Fri, 4/Dec/2020

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Across
1: Place to grow fruit trees, or a leafy veggie (7)

5: OJ rants about USC football players (7)

9: See, you are a cad. (3)

10: Mixed race had become a farce (7)

11: Leaders of Orioles and Rangers stick in the dugout? (3)

12: Skill is extremely tangible for a performer (7)

13: Adjust to initially having little juice (5)

14: Senator mentioned housing trouble (7)

16: Bunch of devotees arouse group (3,4)

17: With diverse amendments? (7)

20: Give back wares to retailer's layaway? (7)

22: Perhaps a bathroom contractor is mentioned to a former president (5)

23: Aspiring group losing right to drink fizzy gin (5,2)

25: Five kills one. (3)

26: Loathes key English exams (7)

27: Standard style of music rejected (3)

28: Before long 1000 French to be having Sunday fowl (7)

29: He got ripped exhibiting selfish behavior (3,4)

Down
2: Corias crazy for last pirate (7)

3: Tie torn coats (7)

4: Determined attack on a moribund collection (4,3)

5: Kind of blue hereafter, at heart; this might tell what's to come? (3,4)

6: Suggestions for obvious singles (9)

7: Climactic age opal tossed (7)

8: Rap wave using scab? (6-7)

9: Challenge the bench in retaliation. (13)

15: Simple addition in cult film (4,5)

18: Depressions beginning to vex bowling lanes (7)

19: Appreciate it: a large data format (7)

20: Again send out note describing Susie misbehaving (7)

21: Propane explodes, theoretically (2,5)

24: Overwhelmed at first, following sudden burst of enthusiasm (5)





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