Crossword for Mon, 12/Oct/2020

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Across
1: Subdued

7: End the fast

9: 'Don't judge a book by ___ cover'

10: Bearing eggs that mature and hatch after being expelled

11: Jellied delicacy

12: Not hidden

13: Merest

14: Input for a recorder

17: Hazarding a guess: critic who studies Hitchcock?

19: Brightly colored bird

21: Comes down hard

22: Sound of a fan

24: Bring in more troops

25: Sum up

26: URL part

27: Pest exterminators [up to 112 pounds]

Down
1: Rust or lime

2: Stored, as fodder

3: Study of speech sounds

4: Cover-up

5: Rump or round cut

6: Speak foolishly

7: Put in chains

8: Doctor's specialty

14: Gathered

15: 'Wizard of Oz' character

16: Fly-by-night

17: Super saver?

18: Football stat

20: Minute trace

21: Chewy candy

23: Keeps secret





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