Crossword for Fri, 1/Sep/2017

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Across
1: Hinders

6: Central theme

9: Sites of some traffic delays

10: Batman foe Poison ___

11: Discern

12: Witticism

14: Exercise pull?

15: Manhattan Project element

17: Red ink entry

19: Tattered and torn

20: Tiny

21: Nile threat

23: __ pie: molasses-laden dessert

25: Empty talk

26: Type of wind

27: Sources of power for the daily grind?

30: In conclusion, in Cannes

31: Teacher, or friend of Gilligan

Down
1: Trite

2: Yuri Gagarin's SK-1, e.g.

3: Stick up

4: Pulitzer Prize category since 1970

5: ''... a spoonful of ___ makes ...''

6: Brief author's submissions

7: Plot device

8: Pest exterminators [up to 112 pounds]

11: Preeminent

12: Guillotine and Oscar, e.g.

13: Victorian virtue

16: Declaration

18: Music for banjos and guitars

22: Seasoned rice

24: Primrose

27: Most CEOs

28: Short course?

29: Lady's man





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