Crossword for Fri, 22/Sep/2023

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Across
1: Butter, at times

3: Tough-skinned mammals

9: South African province

10: Colorful aquarium inhabitant

11: Broadcasts a 1937 Cary Grant film?

12: 'Good answer'

13: Cake covering

14: Testy

19: Enormousness

20: Dude up

21: Maple tree yield

23: 'Our father'

25: Smoothed the soil

26: Andrea Bocelli, notably

27: Most puzzle constructors

28: Payable
Down
1: Progress obstacle

2: It came from outer space

3: Monday morning quarterbacking

4: Trade regularly with

5: Primrose

6: Riverbank romper

7: Chichi

8: Mosque prayer leaders

15: Confidence

16: Kitchen cabinets

17: Really let have it

18: Specialist's skill

21: Letter flourish

22: Superior grade of black tea

23: What a leadfoot steps on

24: Industrial bigwig




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