Crossword for Fri, 24/Mar/2023

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Across
1: Before birth

6: Colorado ski resort

9: Ending of many WWW addresses

10: Go, with 'on down'

11: Eagle's claw

12: Record collections?

14: Cigar ending?

16: Formulaic writing

18: Kind of talk

20: Enjoy a meal

21: Foundation

22: Purple Heart, e.g.

23: Their job is taxing

25: Pie-in-the-face sound

27: Practical joke

28: Tune

29: Maze word

30: Where some diplomats work
Down
1: Not fated

2: Hardly generous

3: Influential one

4: Helpful hint

5: Outside consultants?

6: They consume hill inhabitants

7: Spanky, to Alfalfa

8: 1998 has two

13: Preeminent

15: Tough-skinned mammals

17: It'll give you a lift

19: Work burdens

22: Billiards shot

24: Tales of heroism

26: Like cherries jubilee

27: Sailor, in slang




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