Crossword for Sun, 18/Feb/2024

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Across
1: Word with up, down or about

5: Works on, as a budget

8: Absolutely fabulous

9: Cosmetic enhancement

11: Polished with wax

12: More correct

13: Bit of beer-drinking boorishness

15: Suckers

17: Primitive timepiece

20: Gaping pit

21: Improvises chords, e.g.

23: Conquers

26: Intimidated

27: Maligned in writing

28: Stuck

29: Come after
Down
1: Heavy metal alloy

2: Part of the small intestine

3: Reporters' subject in February

4: Ballpark snack

5: Put in a new kitchen, e.g.

6: Word with social or doctor's

7: Relating to law

10: Runs in

13: Toed the line

14: Vociferous sort

16: Testy

18: Steered clear of

19: Defeat decisively

22: Indian instrument

24: Secret insiders

25: Advance furtively




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