Crossword for Fri, 10/Nov/2023

1
 
 
 
2
 
 
 
3
 
 
 
4
 
 
 
5
 
6
 
 
 
7
 
 
 
8
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12
 
 
 
 
 
13
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14
 
 
 
15
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17
 
18
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20
 
 
 
21
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23
 
24
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25
 
 
 
 
 
26
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Across
1: Perfume fixative

6: Pats a baby on the back

9: Central theme

10: More treacherous, perhaps

11: Idol worshiper

12: U.S. National Anthem's fifth word

13: Takes back

14: Dryness when speaking

19: Slip spotter

20: Bad places for stone throwers

24: Elton's title

25: Born

26: Explosives ingredient

27: Golden-yellow willow

28: Community character

29: Focus of attention

Down
1: Disclosure

2: Shade of yellow

3: Direct (to)

4: Protected, in a way

5: Impertinent persons

6: Cooked Texas-style

7: Eric Clapton solos

8: Smooths, in a way

15: '... and a cast of __'

16: Vortex

17: Never leaving alone

18: Translate

20: Spirit in a bottle

21: Beth follows it

22: In base 8

23: Seat at the bar





Solution (Reversed)
S
P
R
U
B
S
I
R
G
R
E
B
M
A
A
I
A
N
A
E
U
D
N
A
F
R
E
I
C
I
F
I
T
O
M
D
F
B
P
N
E
T
I
S
E
S
S
E
S
S
O
P
E
R
E
E
S
C
R
R
S
I
H
T
U
O
M
N
O
T
T
O
C
I
N
A
E
A
O
H
U
O
T
R
E
D
A
E
R
F
O
O
R
P
N
E
A
L
U
R
I
S
S
E
S
U
O
H
S
S
A
L
G
P
S
T
T
C
A
L
E
R
E
I
S
O
R
E
T
I
N
E
E
N
E
N
O
O
A
D
P
I
T
H
G
I
L
E
M
I
L
S
O
H
T
E