Crossword for Tue, 20/Feb/2024

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Across
1: Guillotines and gyrostabilizers, e.g.

5: Long-nosed fish

7: Town in western Massachusetts

9: Stuff

10: Doesn't just ask

11: One with an ace up his sleeve?

14: The sun

15: Return to the initial position

16: 'A Tramp Abroad' author

17: Cultural value system

18: Ovarian hormones

20: Coin-___ (machines with slots for money)

21: Post production spots?

22: Element no. 77

24: It may be limited

26: Tankard brew

27: Charged particle

28: June 20, 2004 honorees
Down
1: Ruffle

2: Dye container

3: Committee head

4: Go steady

5: Drew Barrymore to Steven Spielberg

6: Crash into on purpose

7: Outside consultants?

8: Greek vowel

11: Packed items that might take a number?

12: Golda Meir, e.g.

13: Hazarding a guess: sidewalk engineer?

17: Bizarre bazaar buys

19: Pundits

23: Sundial figure

24: Present wrapper, maybe

25: Wrath




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