Crossword for Thu, 18/Jan/2024

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Across
1: A spire is part of one

5: Threatening sorts

9: Planet, e.g.

10: Pre-glean activity

11: Bass boat feature

12: Boasts

14: Keep getting Mad?

16: Photo ___ (media events)

17: It's used to conceal actual plans

18: First choices

20: Busy airport

21: Like many fans

22: Bro or sis

23: Coppers in Coventry

24: Regatta crew

27: Gunwale attachment

28: Ocean debris

29: Railroad car with berths
Down
1: Dazzling performer

2: Builds a levee

3: 'Sledgehammer' singer Gabriel

4: Bulldozers, e.g.

5: NASCAR stat

6: '___ gloom of night ...'

7: Purge, as bad thoughts

8: Hollywood studio scenery

13: Artists' buys

14: ''A Day at the ___''

15: Saxophonist's jacket?

17: Silver, for one

19: Economic warfare stratagem

20: Good place to keep a fox out of

23: Analyze in English class

24: Clumsy sort

25: Ed's pile

26: Nice handle




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