1 Nipped (6)
4 Death notice (8)
10 Ambassadors (9)
11 Bar & _____ (5)
12 Piquant (5)
13 Arouse (9)
14 Thievery (7)
16 Fermentation sediments (4)
19 Appendage (4)
21 Nonattendance (7)
24 Submissive behavior (9)
25 Persian (5)
26 A literary genre (5)
27 Stripped (9)
28 Degenerates (8)
29 Found on most pencils (6)
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1 Confuse (8)
2 A heavy woven textile (8)
3 Black (5)
5 Shy (7)
6 Tautness (9)
7 Beast (6)
8 Barked in a high-pitched tone (6)
9 Relatives (6)
15 Do away with (9)
17 Commits (8)
18 Baffle (8)
20 Feast (7)
21 Order of business (6)
22 Robbery (6)
23 Fix (6)
25 Mock or taunt (archaic) (5)