Crossword for Wed, 1/May/2024

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Across
1: Retains

4: Dispersed

9: Block passage through

10: Groups of people

12: Like some memories

13: Wedding page word

14: Inconsistent

17: Chocolate substitute

19: In a weird way

20: Gunpowder component

21: Used a spade

23: Extreme confusion and disorder

27: Box office biggie

28: Step one to be merry?

29: Bacon and others

30: Fixed, as a shoe
Down
1: Food on a skewer

2: White wading bird

3: Powell or Rumsfeld

5: Color of a cloudless sky

6: New wrinkle

7: Own the throne

8: Tear to pieces

11: San Diego Chicken et al.

14: Unnecessary

15: Trite

16: Conspicuous

17: Kitchen cabinets

18: Out of work? (abbr.)

22: Total before deductions

23: Jail

24: Bat and ball, for example

25: Model of excellence

26: Toned down




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