Crossword for Tue, 26/Dec/2023

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Across
2: Dizzy Gillespie's genre

5: Henley's claim to fame

9: Pea pest

10: Elgar's 'The Apostles' and 'The Kingdom'

12: Drop cloth?

15: Nice to nosh

16: Wander

17: Cocktail favorite

19: Sounds the hour

20: Ties up

21: Plain as the nose on your face

22: Takeoff experts

23: Statue material, perhaps

24: Super stars

26: Second-chance exams

27: Capri and Wight

Down
1: Dairy sound

2: 'Humbug!'

3: Rest stop?

4: They get it

6: He or she can't be known

7: State of needing a drink

8: Analyze, as an alloy

11: Pub pint

13: Ringing

14: Jim-dandy

17: Parts of the feet

18: Demanding

21: Preside over

22: Congeal

24: It means nothing

25: Zoological duct





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