Puzzle No. 3416

Puzzle No. 3416

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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

3415s

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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