Crossword for Fri, 5/Apr/2024

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Across
1: Members of Ravenclaw hit Hermione where? (7)

4: Which creatures are found in factions? (7)

8: Drunkard turns to observe drunkard (7)

10: Excite mirth in a daughter of Mnemosyne (5)

11: Backward South American city captured by Bill (9)

12: Archipelagos concluded thus in Nigeria (5)

13: Escalating naked conflict (3)

15: Thus might florin study a silly timekeeper (3-3,5)

17: Exchange recipe describing a small amount of relish on rolled up taco (11)

19: Emergency room stocks one sensitive organ (3)

20: Drive a head (5)

21: Fur from hormone treatment I took - it's mortifying (4,5)

24: Disgusting donut turned a greenish color (5)

25: Send inmates free gin (7)

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

27: College entrance exam angers with parodies (7)
Down
1: Determination: we're not finished detaining sick P.O.W. (9)

2: Radicchio tastes good in little bits. (5)

3: Dispatch Socialist in contempt (5)

4: Police questioning a retiring toon under the table (13)

5: Exhibition is all-inclusive and superficial (7)

6: Bravery drops a non-drinker easy start for marrow! (8)

7: Those passing the first round see getting D's (5)

9: Logical oil Polish chap applied (13)

14: Quickly shoooting up, alien inside moving back and forth (9)

16: Dickensian Iron Age? (4,5)

18: Tense, but otherwise flawless (7)

20: Words can be arranged to be cutting. (5)

22: Dress up fakes without a shred of compunction (5)

23: Private dinner starts late (5)




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