Crossword for Wed, 1/Apr/2009

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Across
1: Belle of the ball

6: Daisy type

9: Zap over

10: Energy unit

11: Abigail Adams ___ Smith

12: They're hot

14: Crowd's gasp

15: September honoree

17: Real shocker

19: Map abbr.

20: Working

23: Spanky, to Alfalfa

24: Full amount

26: Pellet of precipitation

27: Circus employee

28: Indemnifications

Down
1: Small, decorative writing desk

2: Old-time saloon

3: Word with heart

4: Michelangelo's 'David,' and others

5: Passed by

6: Jumped too far

7: Palindromic preposition

8: Outer limits

13: Ophthalmologist's supply

15: 17-Across protagonist

16: Vine supports

18: Washington summit

20: First symptoms

21: Pushed with the proboscis

22: Unfettered

25: May celebrant





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