Crossword for Mon, 28/Dec/2020

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Across
1: Dot follower

3: Like dime novels

8: Hardworking

9: Nice handle

11: Beat walker

12: Slip

13: Expostulatory

16: Henri, for one

17: Cell resident

19: Rider on a crowded subway car

21: Aquatic rodent

24: West Point cadet, before 1976

25: Fa-la link on a musical scale

26: Iterative

27: Roundabout expression

28: Balaam's rebuker

Down
1: Professionals who might get your back up?

2: Small amount

3: Delays

4: Program variable

5: Top-rated TV miniseries of 1977

6: Black-ink item

7: Big cheese

10: Change

14: Chowhounds have big ones

15: Playing partners

18: More agile

20: Canal conveyance

22: Guitar attachment

23: Lasso wielder





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