Crossword for Wed, 22/Sep/2021

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Across
1: MAKEUP

6: Cut off

8: Colorful socks

9: Small armed warship

10: Boondocks

12: 'Come again?'

13: After-dinner drink

14: Represent onstage

15: Less friendly

17: Devoted to one's country

21: Palindromic preposition

22: Bile container

24: Soldier's shoulder piece

25: Speaker's omission

26: 'Golly!'

27: Takes back
Down
1: Seized

2: Ask for

3: Only North American marsupials

4: Fort Knox bar

5: Shot from the Civil War, perhaps

6: King Richard's epithet

7: Wild criticism

11: Express sympathy

15: North Atlantic hazard

16: Steady customer

18: Writing pads

19: Album with the song 'Oh Yoko!'

20: Circles around the sun

23: Relax




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