Crossword for Fri, 7/Jul/2023

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Across
1: Loan sources, of a sort

6: Vanishes into thin air

8: Geological time

9: Fascinates

11: Cry before 'You're it!'

12: Marine

13: Really soaked

14: Sing Sing resident

15: Standing up straight

16: Flirts bat them

19: Ace in the hole business?

21: It'll take you for a ride

23: Bit of instant coffee, e.g.

24: Basketball venue

25: Sweet, spicy alcoholic drink

26: Lamb and Bacon, e.g.
Down
1: Frock fold

2: Daydreaming

3: Professor, usually

4: Ham it up

5: Lit

6: Ground grain

7: They get stuffed once per year

10: Modern writers' aids

13: Most like a rock

16: Expungement

17: Holds in high regard

18: 'So soon?'

20: Letting on water

22: Material for many a light fixture




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