Excuse from a recent hire Crossword Clue

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Excuse from a recent hire Crossword Answer

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RECENT (noun)
1. approximately the last 10,000 years
RECENT (adjective)
1. of the immediate past or just previous to the present time
2. new
EXCUSE (noun)
1. a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
2. a poor example
EXCUSE (verb)
1. excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
2. ask for permission to be released from an engagement

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Across

1. Figure skating discipline

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9. Plot ___ (trope that requires the audience to suspend disbelief)

10. Where sparks may fly when there's chemistry?

11. Phenomenon in which creators start recording a video before setting their phone down

13. Animal whose name is a homophone of a pronoun

14. Will do!

15. 🤮

17. ___ of the D'Urbervilles

18. Like someone who's just heard something horrifying, maybe

20. "I don't want to hear any reasons that you can't"

24. Country that lost its way?

25. Chain of Ideas author ___ X. Kendi

26. Juicy ending?

27. Baddies who utilize the dark side of the Force

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Down

1. Actor Elliot

2. "No hard feelings?"

4. Frasier's sharp-witted producer

5. Some end-of-year-prank pullers: abbr.

6. It's inclined to work?

7. Chips with a Nacho Xplosion flavor

8. Provides job assistance?

12. Jets fans' hangout spots?

16. Stuff applied to surfboards

18. Naked Attraction host Richardson

19. ___-fi

21. ___ Lankan (like kottu)

22. Enjoy a KitKat

23. 'can't believe u did that'

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