Puzzle No. 3216

Puzzle No. 3216

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ACROSS
 1 Divine words in Paris: “The narrow includes the revolutionary” (3,5,2,5)
 9 Praised possible accompaniment for Rhapsody in Blue (7)
10 Fashionable mission in Texas and Delaware (1,2,4)
11 Interlope rudely to provide fulfillment (9)
12 Loose relative is beheaded (5)
13 Former trolley range is beyond city walls (10)
15 Exploited American editor (4)
19 Sweet potato turnover with a bit of oil dressing (4)
20 Scam that is upsetting wheezers (10)
22 Passage I’ll read aloud (5)
24 Rumors of AAA service for weapons plant (9)
26 Hand Toni scrambled eggs first (7)
27 Having eaten a donut, interrogate a thug (7)
28 Distorting a quote, liar with fifth course of action: one that divides the world in half (10,5)
DOWN
 1 Lame bears healed with high-energy radiation (5,4)
 2 Breaking the plate: the end of Barry’s silent communication (9)
 3 Type of flying moth, and others (3,5)
 4 Back in Burundi, I’d arrayed bones (5)
 5 Woman’s laundry list item: indoctrinate (9)
 6 Fifty engineers, originally with disease, form association (6)
 7 Ruminant swallows large crow (5)
 8 Not us! Even at first, this puzzle doesn’t have one (5)
14 Tragic air mourns a group of stars (4,5)
16 Trace transgression involving a bit of chicanery up to Afghanistan’s capital (9)
17 Hopeless 2, for example, in E-trade debacle (9)
18 Forged diploma, including registrar’s initial, in postbox (4,4)
21 Concede sister’s burden, and stop (6)
22 Commotion about love (5)
23 University supporters back confusion (5)
25 Returning soldier’s mother produces letter from Greece (5)
ACROSS 1 MOUNTS THE LENS 9 AL(COHO)L + [v]IC[e] 10 “there” 11 ICI + CLE[ver] 12 2 defs. 14 anag. 15 CHE(DDA)R (add rev.) 17 TUN + IS + IA (nut rev.) 19 A + U + PAIRS (Paris anag., &lit.) 22 hidden 24 CO(R)PSE 26 anag. 27 [l]IMIT + ATIVE (Evita rev.) 28 PRONOUN + CEMENT

DOWN 1 MOC KING 2 [c]UPHOLDERS 3 2 defs. 4 anag. 5 E(XT)RA (TX rev.) 6 rev. hidden 7 S + PRAYER 8 M + ALIGN 13 ESCA + LATI(O)N (case anag.) 16 anag. 17 T.A. + K(E)NUP (punk rev.) 18 N(ONZE)RO (Ron anag.) 20 I(NPR)I + NT 21 rev. 23 initial letters 25 2 defs.

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