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Cruel And Unusual Pangram III Crossword Puzzle

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Does an author's unbounded fondness for unusual words make it cruel when these type of words are incorporated into a crossword? Roll the dice and find out... (Within brackets are weak attempts at humour that may or may not add value to the clue.)
Author: 1nn1 - Diff: Harder

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    • Complete Clue List

      Across
      1. Severe abdominal pain
      4. Serve yourself restaurant
      9. Very unpleasant
      10. Member of the agave family with needle-like leaves (sounds a bit like it's very unpleasant)
      11. Ugly thing, most commonly a building
      13. Interesting objects from a different country
      14. Compassionate treatment of someone in distress
      15. Southern African country once colonised by Germany
      17. Evasive manoeuvres which originated in American football play where the ball carrier goes wide (3,4)
      20. Cleanest or neatest
      23. Popular design style (20s/30s) featuring bold outlines, geometric & zigzag forms (3,4)
      25. Mrs Flintstone
      26. Spanish-sounding city, home of the California Maritime Academy and the Carquinez Bridge
      27. French satire written by Voltaire (1759) (sounds a bit sweet)
      29. Carry slowly by a current of air or water OR to wander off a set route
      30. Informal title of one's life-partner (5,4)
      31. Black-skinned wine grape grown predominantly in California to make particularly Rose wine
      32. Travellers' accommodation

      Down

      1. Strong relationships within a group particularly families
      2. Sudden thrust of the body
      3. Archaic name for a dandy or a jester's cap (alt.)
      4. Severe water-borne gastroenteritis caused by a specific bacterium
      5. Extreme wide-angle camera lens
      6. Neck gland that produces hormones to regulate metabolism
      7. Righteousness, morally correct behaviour
      8. Jordan's only seaport
      12. French city, unofficial capital of the Champagne wine-growing region
      16. Metal disc worn as a decoration with a neck chain OR a roughly circular cut of meat as served
      18. Birth name of Marilyn Monroe (first name only)
      19. Amount of material that fits on a broad scoop with a handle used for lifting soil or snow
      21. Ancient Greek woman featured in two plays OR Carmen, Tara Patrick alter ego OR a full-sized Buick
      22. Double the original amount
      23. Organic compound: hydroxyl group is bound to a carbon atom. Intoxicant in some drinks
      24. Uncontrolled outburst of temper also known as a hissy fit
      26. Liechtenstein capital
      28. Unsuitable or inappropriate for the circumstances