Crossword for Tue, 18/Feb/2020

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Across
1: Excellent

7: Those whose names may be in a Bible

9: Ecstasy

10: Festers

11: Tears to the ground

12: Farm alarm

13: Hunter's meat

14: Roused

16: Prepare to try again

20: Bewitching

23: Pass out faceup, maybe

24: Makes bootees

25: R-rated, often

26: Give over for protection

27: Beehives and pageboys

28: Most puzzle constructors
Down
1: Like a one in addition, often

2: Acetylsalicylic acid

3: Lummoxes

4: Bassoon's pair

5: Plane complement

6: Family

7: Bomb unit

8: Brown-___ (sycophant)

15: Assigns

17: Plasterlike canvas coatings

18: 'To love __ is the beginning of a lifelong romance': Wilde

19: Artist's accessory

21: Sparkle

22: Masquerade necessity

23: Affected emotionally

24: Prepare to propose




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