Crossword for Fri, 8/Dec/2017

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Across
2: Church members loosely align headphones (9)

7: Cot is unmade for short month in fall (3)

9: Lug worm finally being a symbol (5)

11: Help out my parched elephant, for example (9)

12: Something that may move a hammer to engineer a murder (7)

13: Enjoy a mud pie and trade it freely (3,4)

14: Anger that is constraining response (3)

15: Bend in Pennsylvania court case related to revered founder (11)

18: Quite put out, doctor axes red tape (11)

21: Inflexible yet adjusted (3)

22: One American tree growing wild that's very plain (7)

23: Praised moving anguish (7)

24: Violent overthrow of government up to cadet, unfortunately (4,5)

26: Audibly push lever (5)

27: It comes to a point everyone heard (3)

28: Undersized ones gripping coin, for starters (9)
Down
1: He's on diet - ordering in addition to the main course (2,3,4)

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

4: Rascal and wuss taking week off (3)

5: St. Michael transforms metal transformer (9)

6: Seedy lawyer is short on rest, disturbed (7)

7: Designed dashing ten-ton pick-up (3-5,5)

8: Entice substitute to drink. (5)

10: 3-down said Sir, I have these! (5,4,4)

16: Crooner Mel: famous, loveless, suffering (9)

17: In the wee hours, come together sideways (9)

19: One asking for quiet guide (7)

20: Stand up funny as partner to a broom? (7)

22: Capital of the current sports car (5)

25: Thumb Drum? (3)




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