Crossword for Thu, 11/Dec/2008

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Across
1: 'Fiddlesticks!'

6: Attack word

8: Poseidon's weapon

9: Accumulation at the factory

10: Many, many moons

11: Noah's ark measurement

12: Map abbr.

14: Eighty

15: Value highly

16: Mosque officials

17: Telescope type

18: Attend

20: Grape type

21: Generation separator

22: Petty or grand crime

24: Place surrounded by foreign territory

25: Family man

26: They're hot

Down
1: Monarchs, e.g.

2: Measure using trigonometry

3: Flashcards, for example

4: The story of my life?

5: Suitable position

6: Helios, to the Romans

7: Minor player, so to speak

9: One who keeps dropping things

12: Bring back together

13: Ophthalmologist's supply

15: Utilitarian

19: Sour

22: Male youth

23: Pinot Noir or Merlot





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