Crossword for Fri, 3/Nov/2023

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Across
1: MAKEUP

6: Shade tree

8: Chimpanzee's hoot

9: Blowing off steam?

11: Possess

12: '___ to Watch Over Me' (Gershwin tune)

13: Magazine buyers

14: Scolds

15: Goalie's protection

16: Chart shape

17: 'Silent' prez, familiarly

18: Donkey's cousin

19: Expose to public scorn

20: Coffeehouse alternative

23: Ask for

25: Hearth powder

26: Determination

27: Surgeons' workplaces, for short

28: 4-H member, usually

29: Promotional lotteries
Down
1: Total before deductions

2: Short-lived

3: 'Boston Public' figure

4: Owns

5: Less friendly

6: Be a ham

7: Holy Island sight

10: Like many stump speeches

14: Return over the same course

15: Office fastener

16: It may have some yellow pages

21: Pea pest

22: Cut companion

24: Auditions




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