Puzzle No. 3244

Puzzle No. 3244

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ACROSS
 1 Prosecutor who supports polytheism with indoctrination (10)
 6 Piano situated in nexus of temple (4)
10 Electronic opening is a social occasion (5)
11 Suggest one way to live, with beau finally put away (9)
12 Swell football player involved in soccer foul (9)
13 Stood for average temperature (5)
14 Broken stein? That’s not the big picture (5)
16 Lurk stealthily to announce, “Four pounds for a cub, perhaps” (3,2,4)
18 Panel’s jug ran dry, surprisingly (5,4)
20 Returned pouch outside of the class (5)
22 There’s nothing in standard reactionary idiot (5)
23 Democrat’s swallowing excellent fat (9)
26 Flea’s kind of binder (5-4)
27 Get over totaled Le Car (5)
28 Nonhuman character circle! (4)
29 Moon starer, possibly! (10)
DOWN
1 Delivering a sermon in advance of the pain? (9)
2 Before, why don’t we trim the front off some breakfast dishes (7)
3 Greek’s top story (5)
4 Young one raised as an outsider… (5)
5 …finding nightclub mighty (9)
7 What you might hear at a hockey game: “California tied zero to zero” (1,6)
8 In short burst of text, report free meal to Elmer Fudd (5)
9 Host holding up Indiana sign: “Homes for the Great Lakes,” e.g. (8)
15 Drunken vintner takes bite of disgusting frozen food (2,6)
16 Washerwoman’s girl going around, under, all over (9)
17 Variable rate: more secure for financial officer (9)
19 Monk mostly rises to lubricate rotor blade, for instance (7)
21 Ray’s tot clutching jumping bean (7)
22 Plenty surrounds large organic covering (5)
24 Deduce it’s better with head in the middle (5)
25 Hope candy includes nut (5)

SOLUTION TO PUZZLE NO. 3243
ACROSS 1 “sell by-ologist” 9 anag. 10 LAG + GARD (rev.) 11 anag. 12 S(TEER)AGE (tree anag.) 14 [s]AMPLE 16 E-TRU[e] + SCAN 18 BAN + JOIST 20 MAT(T)E 21 BOO(K CLU)B (luck anag.) 22 “exiter” 25 SNIP (rev.) + PET 26 anag. 27 2 defs.
DOWN 1 CO(NJUG)AL (Jung anag.) 2 LIP + I + D 3 BA + LANCE (clean anag.) 4 O(US)T 5 OB LITERATE 6 INGRES + S 7 TEA + RAP + ART 8 hidden 13 “[Co]nnecticut” 15 anag. 16 RE(P + RIS)AL (sir + P rev.) 17 JACK + POT 20 MI + XI + TUP (rev.) 21 has-b[een’s] anag. 23 anag. 24 I + AGO

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