Crossword for Thu, 8/Feb/2024

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Across
1: Kickoff

4: What George has?

9: Crop protector

10: Snobbishly unfriendly

11: ___ de menthe

12: Buns or bums

13: Pats a baby on the back

14: Kind of address

17: It helps level the playing field?

19: Competes in a sulky race

20: Moving forward, as troops

23: Garlic bulb

24: Suggests, with 'at'

25: Declaration

27: After-dinner drink

28: Cake component
Down
1: Photo ___ (media events)

2: Bird balker

3: Is precariously perched

4: Collection of beliefs about life

5: Bring down

6: In theaters, e.g.

7: Suitor

8: Proposer's fear

15: Overbearing pride

16: In a boisterous way

17: Not able to run free

18: Way of thinking

19: Diplomatic

21: Viper's weapon

22: Metrical units

26: Crew implement




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