Crossword for Sat, 10/Dec/2022

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Across
1: Give in to gravity

3: Part of a train

5: Medical test control substance

8: Soothsayers

9: Come to pass

11: Went first

12: Monarchs, e.g.

14: Examine by touching

16: Lengthy

18: Ask for

19: Saddle attachment

20: Excellent speaker

23: Hipster

24: Tribal symbol

25: Bird with iridescent feathers

26: Newspaper

27: 'Count me in!'

28: Part of CBS
Down
1: Don't invite them!

2: Like many stump speeches

3: Revel

4: Adjust the clock, e.g.

5: Keeps alive, e.g.

6: Snobbishly unfriendly

7: Sculler's gear

10: Professionals who might get your back up?

13: Promotional lotteries

15: Rescue

17: Sante Fe and Amtrak

21: Casino ceiling

22: Bashful companion?

24: Playground game




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