Crossword for Sun, 1/Oct/2023

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Across
1: Twin

5: Emulate a valedictorian

8: Secondhand tire, perhaps

10: Fermented cider

11: Desolated

12: Festive celebrations

14: Seventh Commandment flouter

15: Special talent

17: Requisites

19: Branch organization

21: Oil field sight

23: Nonproprietary

24: Contrition may lead to it

26: Poorer, as excuses go

27: Floors

28: Hairy arachnid
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2: Plant's principal feeder

3: Jim-dandy

4: Revolution at Le Mans

5: 'To love __ is the beginning of a lifelong romance': Wilde

6: Convert to a musical, say

7: Yellowstone grazer

8: Held one's temper

9: Go barhopping

12: Job that involves ladder climbing

13: Vehicle on Boston's Green Line

16: Course for Crusoe?

18: Small harpsichords

20: Wool fat

22: Spacious

24: First zoo?

25: Break bread




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