Crossword for Sat, 10/Mar/2012

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Across
1: Nonsense

6: Bank

9: Like a moonless sky

10: Kid's transport

12: London pub alternative

13: Stuck in the mud

14: Indian address

15: Kind of shop

17: Guilty party

19: Pale yellow

22: Showy blooms

24: Most foul

25: Coated with crumbs

26: Severe

27: Delete

28: Bacon and others
Down
1: Former Andorra currency

2: Exodus tyrant

3: Cowardly, in slang

4: One Constantinople ruler

5: Food on a skewer

7: Orange butterfly

8: Touched up

11: Scot-free

16: Up to the task

17: Clean drinking water helps prevent it

18: Vituperative speeches

20: Cooks up

21: Holds out a carrot to

23: Emulate a crab




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