Crossword for Sat, 18/Feb/2023

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Across
1: It may get rattled

4: Auto boost?

9: Rigorous exams

10: Less well-behaved

11: Bugling grazer

12: Moronic intro?

13: Mollifies

15: Jim-dandy

18: Free-for-all

20: Ill-___ (spiteful)

23: Play for a sap

24: Crow's cry

25: Risk taker

26: Carved, Native American pole

27: Leadfoot

28: Condescend
Down
1: Thing that conceals

2: Casino game

3: Put in more supplies

4: Scrap metal sites

5: Petulant expressions

6: Lunkhead

7: Foolishly affected

8: Ancient mariner

14: Golda Meir, e.g.

16: Benevolent, in a way

17: Stuffed tubes

18: Scoffed at

19: Delayed

21: Right to the point

22: Lump of turf

25: Musical firsts




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