Crossword for Wed, 26/Jul/2023

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Across
1: Quite high

4: Visual aids

8: Rich guy, or friend of Gilligan

10: Place (a bet)

12: Set as rivals

13: Takes back

14: Put in italics

18: Like a gymnast

19: Gold, chemically speaking

20: Beset by controversy

21: Bombshell

24: Fifth calendar page

25: It's called gules in heraldry

26: Cool in a crisis

28: Ravaged

29: Spoilsports, e.g.
Down
1: Full amount

2: Showy success

3: Rap sheet entry

5: Misfortunes

6: Unpolished

7: Heavenly

9: Toddler's afternoon break

11: Beatles classic

12: Inferior rhymer

15: Urges

16: Bony-plated beast

17: Draw into a conflict

22: Whoop it up

23: Pipsqueak

24: Purple Heart, e.g.

27: Coifs




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