Crossword for Wed, 5/Dec/2007

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Across
1: Thus might florin study a silly timekeeper (3-3,5)

5: at peoples uptown bar for starters? (3)

7: Questionable realtor robs preacher (4,7)

10: Call initially communicates real yearning (3)

11: Feel sick from crack? (3)

12: Hole put in curtain by large cat (7)

13: No one told sister (3)

14: It comes back to the levy (5)

15: Pluto is cold and tired out; its a disgrace (9)

17: Projects finally house guys in camps (9)

19: Start reorganizing notes (5)

21: Reportedly is nostalgic for wife (3)

23: Alien in spa written up for 'a display of greenness'? (7)

24: Height is equal to three-fifths of the first one (3)

25: Arcking shot from Bill O'Brien (3)

26: E.g., told story about cave-men (11)

27: Right, turn right to play with robot (3)

28: Lepers treated by North Dakota specialist? Brilliant! (11)

Down
1: Half of them should have had an idea (7)

2: University boards tailless orange and light brown ape (9)

3: Cat linked stories to the underworld (8-5)

4: Color red surrounds letters on a Cardinal's cap for all-out player (7)

5: Tippecanoe is home to a nut (5)

6: Bomb compartment - note damaged weapon (7)

8: Security chief purged a pair of generals (5)

9: Brando rinsing out identification tools (8,5)

16: Rip apart and mostly reject old ballplayer (9)

17: Glass part of lock (7)

18: Watch Othello, for one, receiving minor criticism (7)

19: Adore inconstant nymph (5)

20: Sort of collection to compose print (7)

22: Batsman leaves cry-baby on the wagon (5)





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