Crossword for Mon, 30/Jan/2023

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Across
1: Disdainful-looking beast

4: Abundance

8: Took a stab at?

9: Suggest for consideration

11: Jock

13: Assuage

14: Easily managed

15: Long-tailed songbird

16: Letting on water

17: Beach wear

20: Department-store plan, perhaps

22: Fierce foes

23: Weasel kin

24: Insides

26: Derek Jeter, notably

27: Itty-bitty
Down
2: Hazarding a guess: critic who studies Hitchcock?

3: Was in charge

4: Mint or thyme, e.g.

5: Plug a product, e.g.

6: Drive

7: Beg

8: Terrific time or big bang

10: Stage of advancement

12: Diary bit

15: Introduction

16: Moves with a bobbing motion

17: One doing dos

18: Without letup

19: Criteria

21: (The) pits

25: Squealer




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