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ACROSS
1 They promote 28 nuts (11)
9 Wild beast takes LSD the wrong way and steps down (9)
10 Storage site to get rid of marijuana? (5)
11 Small leaves annoy and repel Mr. Flynn (an old-time movie star) (5,5)
12 Critical mass requires serenity (4)
13 Oranges, enclosed by bruised rind and protected from the elements (6)
14 “Tito, drunk, walks into a bar…”—that’ll slay ’em (8)
18 Thailand’s capital has trendy administrative district (8)
20 Stop playing in winter outerwear (6)
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23 Western singer is enthusiastic (4)
24 Grasp tangled hempen cord (10)
26 Eliminate hint of prurient desire (5)
27 Our group getting back in sack with a prostitute (9)
28 Where managers are 1A, after putting things in order (7,4)
DOWN
1 Essentially, Paul quit taking Introduction to Toxicology and went to class without receiving credit (7)
2 Mean to acquire a bit of rationality through someone else’s experience (9)
3 Update equipment when thief returns (6)
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4 Josh interrupts since failing to write (8)
5 Aims to dispatch top to bottom (4)
6 Renée Fleming, for one, hurried inside to absorb love (7)
7 Tina’s makeup (3,5)
8 Bad time for a romantic couple (4)
15 Hardwood veneer stripped from something that stings and something that whistles (9)
16 Local torn about viewpoint (8)
17 Ex-wife in disreputable tavern hiding broken core (8)
19 Outspoken command made a continuous noise (7)
21 Legislature gripped by weakness eternally (7)
22 Proclaims “toss-up” is doubtful (6)
23 For the most part, sound of a fall when climbing mountains (4)
25 Some knights joust expertly, despite intermittently using their heads (4)
SOLUTION TO PUZZLE NO. 3475
ACROSS 1 BOOT + H 4 FL + ETCHER 10 LE(G + END)ARY 11 B(ERR)Y 12 [m]ORAL 13 S + HIP 14 FI[d]EL-D 16 K(IDD)O (did anag.) 17 OP + PO + SITE 19 S + CREAMER 21 [s]-EWER-S 25 BAT(E)S (stab rev.) 26 final letters 27 P + AGE 29 SWAN + K 31 anag. 32 REST + Y(L)ES 33 O + SCAR
DOWN 1 BULL + O(C)K 2 ONG(U)ARD (dragon anag.) 3 HUN + T 5 LAY(U)P (play anag., &lit.) 6 & 30 TA(B)KE + Y 7 HARVE[y] + ST 8 RI(Y)AD + H (raid anag.) 9 B([o]ATH + R)OOM 14 rev. hidden 15 RO + GE + RS (rev.) 18 P + ERO(XI)DE 20 C + U(TLAS)S (salt rev.) 22 letter bank 23 SHE + ARER (anag.) 24 A(BUS)ER (era anag.) 26 anag. 28 C(AM)O
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