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1 Astonish an archery aficionado? (4,4)
5 Beetle to injure a butterfly’s head (6)
10 After inauguration, platform for hatred (5)
11 2, in the style of a kitchen utensil (9)
12 When to expect something from the last member of a male octet singing? (3,4)
13 Breathe heavily in front of that woman’s cat (7)
14 Interpret boundless fears (4)
16 Managed care? Ask Mr. Ford et al. (9)
18 A god like another, inside celebration (5,4)
19 Drop in rent (4)
21 Travel back and forth, changing two quiz answers to create mix-up (7)
22 Warrior held back by peculiar, um, Asian (7)
24 Banish crazies to get organized (9)
25 In Virginia, have too much kindergarten spirit (5)
26 I found it on the record in Boston, you stinker! (6)
27 The world, for example, contrarily declines to eat a sandwich (8)
DOWN
1 You can’t get this torrent moving top to bottom when limited by a family member and another family member’s manner (5,4,1,5)
2 Cream, with a bit of eggshell! (5)
3 Attribute of band music: vitality that enthralls one (6)
4 Dodge commercial embraced by first lady (5)
6 Amazing! Win cash with a power tool! (5,3)
7 Cheddar-and-candy inventor hosts informal chat (3,6)
8 Keep out supporters with Satanic rites and a Hollywood celebrity (6,9)
9 What will offer you protection: horns, hooves, and wool (8)
15 Expose one way to interact with machines: a sticky substance and a silent instrument? (3,6)
16 Fictional princess troubled fictional bird when soaring (8)
17 Trendy query about Florida: Where does one keep one’s booze discreetly? (3,5)
20 Anarchic mob to compete in second-rate film (1,5)
22 Expensive brew (5)
23 What a horseman did on the back of pinto! (5)
SOLUTION TO PUZZLE NO. 3416
ACROSS 1 BASS + CLEF[t] 5 rev. hidden 9 rev. 10 anag. 11 [s]EX ACT + L + Y 12 hidden 13 HE’LL BE + N[o]T 15 G-RIN-[g] 16 C + AMP 17 anag. 20 B(L)UFFED 22 SUN(BAT)H (Huns anag.) 24 LE(GEN D)ARY 25 UNC + AP 26 P(R)AY 27 D(OWN + H)ILL
DOWN 1 2 defs. 2 SU + TRA (rev.) 3 CA + PI[s]TOL 4 anag. 5 F + A + ITH (anag.) 6 anag. 7 [el/DEM]-EANOR 8 BE A CON 13 rev. hidden 14 BRO-A-D(W)AY 16 “Kabul” 18 SA(NJ)UAN (sauna anag.) 19 CHAP + EL 21 2 defs. 22 init. letters 23 ASCI (anag.) + I
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