Crossword for Fri, 7/Jul/2017

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Across
1: Hoarded tiny bits of dryness (11)

6: Ball tops over-ripe bananas (3)

8: Mary-Jane crochets her Pop a jumper (11)

10: Prohibit an attorney's organization (3)

11: Full house often enough to secure this young pet (5)

12: Essays about old dramatic works (9)

14: Farmland female comes back covered with baked clay (7)

17: Demand payment? Just so! (5)

18: Ruck dangerously, stop when many are involved. (5)

19: Name successor in speech? (7)

20: Flooded out and united (9)

21: Firm rear end (5)

23: Startled, grabs sailor (3)

24: Questionable realtor robs preacher (4,7)

27: Man, what an avant-garde US artist! (3)

28: Carelessly let teeth rot completely (2,3,6)

Down
1: Drongo lacks even a pet (3)

2: Learn of teacher's initial courage (5)

3: Gloomy semi-dull firmament (5)

4: A representative may be a scamp (3)

5: She's providing us with a minder (9)

6: Upset bee lit out from underground imprisonment (9)

7: Black arts and demons concerned with Homer's issue? (4,7)

9: In a pickle about where one should apply the acne cream (2,3,4)

11: 15-acrosss toilet pot? Rubbish! (5,6)

13: Great conqueror or ragtime bandleader (9)

15: The French spirits lifted by light poet (3,6)

16: Effective arrangement by one decent person (1,4,4)

21: Reliable, timeless jet (5)

22: Big Bird and Ernie auditioning after Sesame Street ends (5)

25: Perform part of play (3)

26: Now Elton heard California's big one (3)





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