Crossword for Sat, 11/Nov/2023

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Across
1: Get ready to fly

5: Pernicious

8: Merrier

9: Of lesser importance

11: 'Impressive!'

12: Removed from office

13: Eased

15: Bananas or nuts

16: Detaches gradually

17: Some old cables

19: Element used in alloys

22: Crafty

23: Came first

24: Be a cast member of

25: Abandon hope

26: Sound investments?
Down
1: Absorb intently

2: Hazarding a guess: critic who studies Hitchcock?

3: They're used at truck stops

4: Relaxed, as restrictions

5: Retreat

6: 1998 has two

7: Certain payment plan

10: Input for a recorder

14: Faultfinder extraordinaire

15: Make laws

16: Would-be dictator

18: Maxims

20: Sparkling topper

21: Statistics figures




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