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ACROSS

1 Pulses (9) 8 Evicts (5) 10 Potato-growing US state (5) 12 Bind (3) 13 Mesh (3) 14 Soft chirp (4) 15 Emphasis (6) 16 Shopping binge (5) 18 Seven-piece ensemble (6) 20 Man’s name (4) 22 Pronoun (3) 23 Previous day (3) 24 Breeds (5) 25 Unite (5) 26 Southern US state (9)

DOWN

2 Undue speed (5) 3 Container (4) 4 King’s son (6) 5 Relent (5) 6 Self-control (9) 7 Competitor (9) 9 Racing expert (7) 11 Swindle (7) 15 Craft (3) 17 Human (6) 19 Stage (5) 21 Stanza (5) 23 Flightless birds (4)