Puzzle No. 3212

Puzzle No. 3212

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ACROSS
 1 and 11 For example, Roth’s bedtime story? (10,7)
 6 Hare evolved into bird (4)
10 Regressive laws about heart of this island’s first language (7)
11 See 1
12 Avoids low strings around the front of your piano (8)
13 NASDAQ organized information sessions (1,3,2)
15 and 20 Honey weaves an old-timey song (3,2,4,2,7)
16 In swanky car facing north, choreographer José… (5)
18 …socks a prophet (5)
20 See 15
23 Our gang encounters malevolent insect (6)
25 Coins are scattered in plot (8)
27 Dole rudely taking sailor’s dancing gear (7)
28 Initially different, roundabout routes! (7)
29 Legendary river lingers in the ear (4)
30 Hell yeah—woman flees clever cat from Japan (5,5)
DOWN
 1 Rhododendron mounted on a reddish-brown horse (7)
 2 Monks who play drum sets? (9)
 3 Once again supply Brazilian funds to author Grafton (7)
 4 Assistant in Minnesota with tuna salad for unwed relation (6,4)
 5 Interacts evenly and without irregularity (4)
 7 Frankfurter’s also coming after most of hot dog (5)
 8 Sinatra: far-out craftsman (7)
 9 Poor writing to progress slowly after beginning of saga (6)
14 Chili-bread mix that’s toxic to vegetables (10)
17 Diamonds, e.g., cited in child-custody filing? (5,4)
18 Mercury sources for writer (1,1,5)
19 Gingersnap I calmly held on the tip of the tongue (6)
21 Sister at Alaska’s glacial mountain (7)
22 Visits backwards locations at both ends of Berkeley (5,2)
24 Cover of elegant, thin magazine (5)
26 Prune front of bush at property line, to get outside limit (4)
ACROSS 1 TIDE + MARK (edit rev.) 5 CUR(V)ES 9 T (true) + Maria cut anag. 11 HOUR + I 12 & 16 2 defs. 13 AMA + RETTO (otter rev.) 15, 23, 19 anag. 18 RESPEC + TABLE (creeps anag.) 20 ref. 25 across 22 anag. 25 C (100) + IV (4) + IL (49) 26 anag. 27 “sir tacks” 28 P(RESENC)E (screen anag.)

DOWN 1 anag. 2 DRAW + DOWN + S 3 anag. 4 rev. 6 U + SHERETTE (the trees anag.) 7 2 defs. 8 2 defs. 10 COM + IN + GB + Y 14 REP + TILES 16 “gorilla” 17 EL(EV[en])ATION 21 M + OVER 24 B(U)RR

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