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ACROSS
1 A bit of zesty sex with, um, a deer maybe? That’s almost certain to end badly for someone (4-3,4)
7 and 29 Invert the second number and letter—that is one way to look smart (3,3)
9 High-born snob lectures participant (5)
10 Vessel protecting North Carolina, formerly, with lack of interest (9)
11 Snarled: “Another Kennedy coming after $1,000” (7)
12 Fill with happiness and marvel at exquisite cargo (5)
14 Tailor names one measurement (6)
15 Tense about pros messing up travel document (8)
18 Satellite conveying a coach’s cookie (8)
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20 Someone harmed Victor and Timothy (6)
23 Excellent purse is ruined (5)
25 Small cut of meat infused with, for instance, liqueur (4,3)
27 Julia, a gangster in the early days (9)
28 Decapitate Venetian villain, leading to New York’s suffering (5)
29 See 7
30 Entire chain is broken? That’s what you get (11)
DOWN
1 “Heavy Metal”: possible name for Zorro’s company? (4)
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2 Criticizes Confederate instruments (7)
3 Large reptile, turning up like this, becomes gold and red (9)
4 In France, one breaks most wild horses (6)
5 Pastoral rainbow over a goddess, for the most part (8)
6 Pennsylvania city is home to no puppet (5)
7 Social gathering to raise Norwegian male cattle (7)
8 Triumph over exotic termite when it is cold (10)
13 Get lost, assuming I am heading from Toronto to Rochester with a pet (7,3)
16 Don’t start requesting something to keep you afloat for a surgical procedure (4,5)
17 Liquid sort of contains oxygen and hydrogen? Indeed (8)
19 Whim: Practice recklessly after time runs out (7)
21 Barb, claiming connection, is a second-rater (7)
22 Hits comparatively ancient receptacle (6)
24 Awesome sequel for Bones? (5)
26 Wealthy people embracing publicity (4)
SOLUTION TO PUZZLE NO. 3486
ACROSS 1 C + HANGED 5 E.G. + GNOG (rev.) 8 N(ARC)O (car anag.) 9 anag. 11 letter bank 12 LEN(T)O 13 INTERS + TATE 16 alternate letters 18 hidden (&lit.) 19 G(LITTER)AT + I (I + tag rev.) 23 EX + POS[t] 24 S(PUN)KIES + T 26 FLOUR-ISH 27 BI[ll] + SON 28 S(TR)ONG 29 P(ROB)ATE
DOWN 1 anag. 2 [p]AIRED 3 GE[n]OME + TRY 4 DA + TASE + T 5 EMINE[m] + NT 6 GANG + L + Y 7 O + O + LONG + TEA (anag.) 10 anag. 14 TES(TP)ILOT (toilets anag.) 15 hidden 17 PEEK (rev.) + A BOO[k] 20 2 defs. 21 T(OUCH)UP (put rev.) 22 P(SEUD)O (dues rev.) 25 hidden
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