Crossword for Thu, 5/Aug/2021

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Across
2: Party for sheep shearers?

8: Three-horned dinosaur

10: Bro or sis

11: Hidden drawback

12: Persecuted

13: Recount

15: Nouveau ___

18: Ming artifacts

20: Maniac

21: Starting point

23: Unfitting

25: They all belong to the same tree

26: Lingerie shown during a preview?

27: Modern writers' aids
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1: Reserve

2: Bridge ancestor

3: Stalls on the road, in a way

4: Employee of the state

5: Come as a consequence

6: Compelling the attention

7: Mocked

9: Last word of 'The Farmer in the Dell'

14: Awe

16: Creepy crawler

17: List extenders

19: Tolerate

20: Burdened

21: Accepts uncomplainingly

22: Delphic prophetess

24: Fools




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