Crossword for Sat, 9/Sep/2023

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Across
1: Hinders

5: Strong cordage fiber

8: International agreement

10: One with a spread

11: Admonished

13: Geological span

14: Victorian virtue

15: Sky, perhaps

17: Canine name

20: Heartache

22: Chips in

23: Stone propeller

24: Went 'Ugh!' and 'Unh!'

25: Receive by will

27: Selfish person

28: Shamed

Down
1: Conquers

2: Campaigned

3: Without a hitch

4: German pastry

5: Bright ray

6: 'Boston Public' figure

7: Hardwood tree

9: Flabbergasted

12: '__ on me'

16: Vexed

18: Guest

19: Lived

20: Meadow flowers

21: Droop

22: Dread

26: 'On ___ Majesty's Secret Service'





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