1. Nerve
5. Short literary composition
9. New Jersey city
10. Sharp-edged instrument
12. Lair
13. Nut of an oak
14. Finished
15. Discharge of a firearm
16. Obese
18. Gammy
20. Southern Netherlands city
22. Kick in
23. Metal container used for frying
24. Set on end
25. Locomotive
26. Margarine
27. Dirty

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2. Pestilential insect
3. Nasal grunt
4. Rotate
5. First-born
6. Observed
7. Consortium
8. Unit of linear measure
10. Skin eruption
11. Animal master
16. Projecting rim
17. Curve
18. Person afflicted with leprosy
19. Half note
20. Ray of light
21. Damn
22. Dynasty in China