Crossword for Sat, 27/May/2023

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Across
1: Creature seen later?

6: Endangered mammal

9: Like some rolls or toast

10: Shrill insects

11: Like clay pots

13: Undeliverable letter, to a postal worker

14: Work from home, in a way

16: Shindigs

17: One may come in a black-and-white

19: Hardworking

22: Smart guy

23: Rotating shaft, e.g.

24: Comedy genre

25: Thrive

27: Crinkly cloth

28: Was like
Down
1: Completely surrounding

2: Unvarnished

3: 'I'll be!'

4: Diminutive dog

5: Some tracks

6: Deft storyteller

7: Like almanacs, usually

8: Edible mollusks

12: Egotistical conversationalist

15: Word in a W.C. Fields film title

17: Time-honored

18: Make, as dinner

20: Like a mama's boy?

21: Responded villainously

25: Ballet step

26: Electrical unit




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