A Turn of Phrase Crossword

A Turn of Phrase is a medium English-language crossword with 30 clues. A mixed Brain Boost with words, everyday knowledge and fresh connections

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Across

1. Head coverings with brims or crowns
5. Close with a loud bang
9. Academic assessment, informally
10. Dislike very strongly
11. No more than, as in a ___ three dollars
12. Return a system to its starting state
13. Give satisfaction to
15. Grain-bearing head of a cereal plant
16. Turn to the opposite direction
18. Harsh cry of a crow
21. Brings to an end
22. Justifications for an action or belief
24. Set in a specific order
25. Handled, as a baseball
26. Puts through its paces

Down

1. Fiber source for cordage and durable fabric
2. Figure-skating jump with a forward takeoff
3. Weight of packaging excluded from the net contents
4. False attack designed to stain a reputation
5. Pronoun for a woman already mentioned
6. Devices producing narrow coherent light beams
7. Neither rigidly at attention nor troubled by the situation (2,4)
8. SI units of length, in British spelling
12. Retribution for a perceived wrong
14. Sixty-part units of a minute
17. Moved slowly and carefully
18. Skillfully create something by hand
19. A bird of prey's lofty nest
20. Merchandise displayed for sale
23. Experienced sailor, informally

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