Across
| 1 | Quiet. Mute, essentially. “You in the back, quiet! QUIET!!!” (4,2) |
| 4 | Retro beach resort craze: collecting stem of fuchsia flower (8) |
| 10 | Lame princess with black coat (7) |
| 11 | Chewing candy, I’m always on the move (7) |
| 12 | Skip sauce flavoring agent (5) |
| 13 | In the clear, hiding expression of sorrow and failure (9) |
| 14 | Rev. Spooner’s beer mug, reddish-brown imitation gem (10) |
| 16 | Ranked player to give up, reportedly (4) |
| 18 | See fruit (4) |
| 19 | Utility of silver doily coated with certain crystal (10) |
| 22 | Molecular change laboratory employs Gabriel, among others (9) |
| 24 | “Play doctor” with a mother (5) |
| 25 | Part of the eye catches drop of sparkling Greek wine (7) |
| 26 | Prepared a stamp edged with bright color (7) |
| 27 | Changed part of “Episode I: Fido Mauls Boomerangs" (8) |
| 28 | Mentioned certain singer’s pair of fins? (6) |
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Down
| 1 | One alluring oracle describes tailless waterfowl (7) |
| 2 | Botching up that decision’s not very suave (15) |
| 3 | Take a load off, Ned; massage Greek character’s back (8) |
| 5 | Confuse Spot, led astray (5) |
| 6 | Wrap from Helsinki, we hear (6) |
| 7 | Magazine diet not working, an unattractive process? (15) |
| 8 | Found actress Blanchett in Israeli city (7) |
| 9 | Note railroad employee and journalist (8) |
| 15 | Fussy people, Shakers heading north instead of west (8) |
| 17 | Grad came out for war, say (4,4) |
| 18 | Chart of Taj Mahal site not brightly lit outside (7) |
| 20 | Wander aimlessly with me and that lady after husband leaves (7) |
| 21 | Fight about one primarily regressive tax (6) |
| 23 | Elegance of good competition (5) |
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