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ACROSS
8 Monetary failure I almost resell for a large profit (6)
9 Dowdiest jockeys like a coin (3-5)
10 Old poem inscribed in cheddar (4)
11 Eloquent British novelist to nudge Austen in the rear (4-6)
12 Misshape foreign accent (8)
14 Brutal raids preceding introduction of motion to take guns away (6)
16 Artistic movement is fleet if 14, at first (4)
18 Fluff always involves a sponge (5)
19 Abomination is unruffled if 20 (4)
20 Showed disapproval, breaking dishes (6)
21 Managed moldy garbage any which way (8)
23 Body part where Polly, undressed, wears, e.g., a diamond earring initially (10)
26 Charger gossip (4)
27 Told a story in article that’s regressive and not suitable for everyone (8)
28 Former Disney chief: “I sneer rudely” (6)
DOWN
1 Moved swiftly? Um, that sounds like good judgment (6)
2 Suckers swallowing nonsense with man in the dumps (5,5)
3 Stream is green if 8 (4)
4 Speechless sorrows float uncontrolled in commercials (2,1,4,3,5)
5 Like a buggy telephone, plastic was red inside (5-5)
6 Drunkard’s game piece if 1 (4)
7 Darn! Blunder near a pest (5,3)
13 Unity note: put it in madman’s diary (10)
15 Frightful shocks engulfing ancient Eastern workplace (6,4)
17 Aristotle Onassis’s #2 taking up an ounce for a Phoenician, perhaps (8)
22 Heed tangled tinsel (6)
24 Attract protected status if 22 (4)
25 Nights before trepidation if 28 (4)
SOLUTION TO PUZZLE NO. 3339
ACROSS 1 H(OM)EBREW 5 ER + AS + ER 10 P(I)LAF (flap anag.) 11 ANTI-QUIT Y 12 hidden 13 I + RIS-[k/H] 15 anag. 18 EYE + W + EAR 19 O + VERB + ID 21 rev. hidden 23 “flocks” 24 anag. 28 TAG(SALON)G 29 anag. 30 setter anag., street anag. 31 TRA S[o]HCAN (rev.)
DOWN 1 HOP + I 2 ME LON 3 3 defs. 4 E-LAND 6 RE + QUIRE 7 S(PIC)INES + S 8 RA-[n/Y]-CH + ARLES 9 S(TAM)PEDE (speed anag.) 14 anag. 16 P(REF)LIGHT 17 END + EAVOR (over a anag.) 20 BO(XC)ARS 22 MUFF + IN + S 25 TI(G)ER 26 CU + BIC 27 O + DIN
