Crossword for Tue, 4/Jul/2023

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Across
1: Joined together

4: Lincoln trademark

9: Outside consultants?

10: Highlander's cap

11: Working

13: Use the oars

15: Stuck in the mud

16: Belly

17: Site of many addresses

20: Mint or thyme, e.g.

23: Talk foolishly

24: Good judgment

26: Punch quickly

27: BIRD

29: Leadfoot

30: Show disdain
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1: Coward

2: Thanksgiving invitees

3: Abandon hope

4: Oceanic osprey, e.g.

5: 'Loverboy' singer Billy

6: Preserved, as fodder

7: Temporary

8: Shade tree

12: State tree of Massachusetts and North Dakota

14: Saxophonist's jacket?

18: Competent

19: Boxed

20: Blue book collector

21: Mortarboard danglers

22: Long time, geologically

25: Everest or Ararat

26: French dip dip

28: Free throw score




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