Crossword for Sat, 1/Jul/2023

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Across
1: Happened upon

3: Committee head

9: General agreement

10: Provide with funds

11: Fort Knox bar

13: One who accepts charges

15: Bundled, as straw

17: 'The Theory of the ___ Class' (Veblen)

18: Trap

19: They may form a chain

20: Discernment

21: Ring-shaped cake

23: Reason for a badge

25: Under an assumed name

27: Magician's art

28: Pivotal

Down
1: Brightly colored bird

2: Surgery is rarely recommended for it these days

3: Signal to enter

4: Plus

5: Was like

6: Hazarding a guess: manager of a political candidate?

7: Bummed out

8: Bygone cinema bonuses

12: Drew Barrymore to Steven Spielberg

14: Accept two contradictory ideas at the same time

15: Type of pool

16: Game for one

21: Black Sea bungalow

22: 'The Gift of the Magi' device

24: Tabloid

26: Card table shout





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