Crossword for Sun, 11/Feb/2007

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Across
1: Opposite of sad

4: Exacting especially about details.

8: The past tense of 'cleaning.'

9: Cold and blustery

11: Physicians, letter-wise

12: 'My country' follower

13: Antonym of 'woman.'

14: Relieve from.

16: Many times at short intervals.

18: Female pronoun; a female, or something regarded as female, e.g. a ship.

19: Of long duration; not new.

20: Flying Brits, initially

21: Propel with oars.

22: Contraction for 'did not.'

23: Current measure

24: Opposite of sell

25: Antonym of 'beginning.'

27: Royal son of comics

28: Maple fluid

29: The act of ending a life.

31: Flocks of these fly south for the winter.

32: Antonym of 'above'.

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2: It may be subject to subsequent spin

3: Craving

4: Gave, as wood to a wood chipper

5: Taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment.

6: Robert Mitchum film of 1960

7: The day immediately before today.

8: A domestic feline mammal usually having thick soft fur.

10: The fourth day of the week; the third working day.

13: Plural form of 'material.'

15: Used to have controlled fires inside a house.

17: A daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements.

24: There were two ____ locked in the bike stand.

26: Before a dog can bury his bone, he must first ______ a hole.

30: Research setting





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