Puzzle No. 3288

Puzzle No. 3288

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ACROSS

 1 and 28 Notable characteristic of Camille’s opulent lifestyle? (11,11)

 7 and 27 Film director anticipating conclusion of Rumble Fish (3,3)

 9 A Thursday/Tuesday walk outside, naked? I could get into that (7)

10 Merry jests, originally related to peepers (7)

11 During a football game, pass bathroom with relatives (4-2)

12 Pieces of furniture arranged onto mats (8)

14 A pair, perhaps: Kronos to begin with, then Hera swimming in a small lake (5,4)

15 Nobel Prize–winning playwright returning product of olive leaf (5)

16 European flower near capital of Hungary (5)

18 Cheer following remote and lively dance (9)

20 Doctor is active, getting signs of decay (8)

22 Unable to disperse a cloud (6)

25 Stimpy’s friend to slide back for a beer (7)

26 Nugent, splitting a mug, misbehaved (5,2)

27 See 7

28 See 1

DOWN

 1 Conspirators hack a Linux startup (5)

 2 Lightweight computer with transcendental number (28) in a corner (7)

 3 Elder playing part on broken chair (9)

 4 For instance, 8 baby elephants in front (4)

 5 Collectibles brought up, Derek flies an arrow (6,4)

 6 Anarchist’s search: CEO, oddly (5)

 7 General greeting for rotten weather forecast? (3,4)

 8 To manage after bacchanalian orgy on Saturday, this will keep you steady (9)

13 Kitchen item with orange-yellow spice turning south to west around floral wreath (6,4)

14 Chief publishes “A Yank Is Heard” (9)

15 Grip net if tangled—it wrinkles when wet (9)

17 Concern about V., the first experimental novel (7)

19 Oedipus undermined religious order (4,3)

21 Cut in tailored garment (5)

23 Tree-like enclosure (5)

24 Boa hunter covers island (4)

SOLUTION TO PUZZLE NO. 3287

ACROSS 1 REF + RES + HERS 6 TAL[l] + C 10 anag. 11 NYLO (anag.) + N 12 phonetic anag. 13 pun 15 REI(G)NS 17 rev. 20 H(AIR + C)UTS 21 anag. 23 IMP + ROMP + TU 25 2 defs. (&lit.) 27 HON + DA 28 anag. 29 2 defs. 30 SYN (rev.) + THE SIZE 

DOWN 1 [p]ROM-P 2 anag. 3 E + ERIE 4 HEAVE + N 5 “read seeder” 7 AD + LAI[d] 8 CANTER + BURY 9 UN-[c]/BUCK-LE 14 ARCH(BI)SHOP 16 anag. 18 TRI(U)M + VI(R)I 19 STU(PI)DLY 22 LU[ge] + CENT 24 PAN + EL 25 G(IMM)E (rev.) 26 2 defs. 

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