Crossword for Wed, 3/Jan/2024

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Across
1: Sheathed

5: Initial advantage

8: Dick

9: Toward the center

11: Play for a sap

12: Advent

13: Filibuster, in a way

15: Said word for word

17: Prepare to try again

18: Dabbling duck

20: Colonist

21: Bridge position

22: Warehouse

23: Young 'un

24: Watch

26: Seem to be gold, perhaps

28: Solar 'blemish'

29: Melanin, e.g.
Down
1: Energy unit

2: Desert beast

3: 'Boston Public' figure

4: Saw to a wound

5: Classic party game

6: Crew implement

7: Ill humored

10: Party for sheep shearers?

11: Like a solemn observance

14: Coral reef

16: Tint

19: Pudding or cake

20: Type of measure

23: Turning tool

25: Confession topic

27: Wharf pest




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