Crossword for Thu, 28/Dec/2017

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Across
1: Delivery vehicle

3: Gimli in 'The Lord of the Rings,' e.g.

6: Shampoo procedure

9: Wedding hire

10: Solemnly recited

11: Coolio's genre

12: Drew Barrymore to Steven Spielberg

13: Web address part

14: Deep-fried cornbread ball

16: Zap over

18: Amethyst or tourmaline

21: Lewis Carroll poem

24: Glove compartment item

25: Trumpet sound

26: Famous Irish stone

27: Wintry downpour

28: Well-groomed

29: Chimpanzee's hoot
Down
1: Appointed ruler

2: Reporter's need

3: Lowered in rank

4: Caustic

5: Brown, stew, and serve in sauce

6: Put on sale, perhaps

7: Incessantly

8: Eighty-something, e.g.

14: Concerns for sailors and pilots

15: It was named Hamm in 'Toy Story'

16: Culls

17: Chest protector

19: Keepsake

20: Ancient two-leaved tablet

22: Undemocratic law

23: The 'C' in C-SPAN




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