Crossword for Sat, 2/Oct/2021

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Across
1: Steered clear of

5: Speak to the customs officer?

9: Rice field

10: English landscape painter

11: Undertake

14: Plots

16: Bar none

17: Ludicrous

19: Carries on

20: 'Give me room to breathe!'

21: Single, for one

23: Optical range

24: Entryway

25: Cause, as havoc

27: Sound heard before a car crash

28: Acquiesces

Down
1: They can be deceiving

2: Trite

3: Unproductive

4: Old gold coin

5: Folks who can’t adapt possibly drain us so (9)

6: Slogan

7: 'The Dark Side of the Moon,' e.g.

8: Prior to, to Prior

12: Prepare for a tournament

13: Rich guy, or friend of Gilligan

15: Promotional lotteries

17: Vociferous sort

18: Tree with smooth bark

22: Brown-___ (sycophant)

23: Plant problem

24: Zoological duct

25: 'Now, where ___ I?'

26: Long time





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