Crossword for Fri, 22/Dec/2023

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Across
1: Proposer's fear

5: Keepsake

9: Owed, as a debt

10: Steps within a computer program

11: Fully

12: Delivery source?

14: Surgery is rarely recommended for it these days

16: Christopher of 'The Lord of the Rings'

17: Poker verb

18: Like God

22: Surfeit

24: Gesture of acknowledgement

25: The boonies, e.g.

27: Pique

28: Turn back

29: Hailing from the Orient
Down
1: Aglow

2: Most puzzle constructors

3: Sarah Vaughan's sobriquet

4: Conservative foe

5: Nautical almanac listing

6: Drivers

7: Alternative to 'smoking'

8: Hard to interpret

13: Rich guy, or friend of Gilligan

15: Cookie-cutter

17: Barrier that bumps boat bottoms

19: Carry out, as a task

20: Newborn's outfit

21: Bait fish

23: Void

26: One may come in a black-and-white




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