Crossword for Thu, 12/May/2022

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Across
1: Sailor, in slang

3: Hazarding a guess: worker with really good manners?

9: Like some bumper pool tables

10: Cut into cubes

11: Centers and guards, e.g.

12: Parts of a house

14: Set up differently

16: Bookcase part

17: Raconteur's inventory

19: Like movies

21: Rapscallion

22: By hook or by crook

25: Defeated at chess

26: Ship area behind the bridge house

27: Rider on a crowded subway car

28: Term of address
Down
1: Secret collaborator

2: 'South Pacific' nut

3: Took the first step

4: Guessing game

5: One, for lithium

6: Tribulations

7: Addition

8: Wee bit

13: Fingernail filer, among criminals

15: Crack, as old paint

18: Step on the gas, e.g.

19: Source of tapioca

20: Uniform part, often

23: Boss, at times

24: Unwanted plants

25: Ed's pile




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