Crossword for Thu, 10/Jul/2008

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Across
2: Madame of the sty

4: Risk taker

8: Small-time

9: Peter Jennings, e.g.

11: Gives out

12: Deny

13: Wrath

14: Tests for quality

18: Street urchin

19: Zip

20: Novels, for example

22: Twines together

23: Used plastic

25: Timber processing site

26: Mica, shale, and butcher block

27: AAA way
Down
1: Motivating

2: Getting on in years

3: Party for sheep shearers?

4: Jurassic Park denizens

5: Campaigned for office

6: Improvised musical accompaniments

7: Gangling

10: Wrongdoer's bane

15: They're loaded

16: Popular local anesthetic

17: Almost firm

20: Word with point or plane

21: Stake

24: Morse code component




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