Crossword for Thu, 12/Jun/2008

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Across
1: St. Louis gridder

3: Like eggs prepped for scrambling, perhaps

6: Spanky, to Alfalfa

8: The largest in the U.S. was found in Oregon's Willamette Valley in 1902

9: Seraglio

10: Confuse

11: Garrulous

12: Smallest in size

14: Selected at random

16: Tab provider?

17: Tread support

18: It's handed down

21: Vocal showcases

23: Due (to)

24: Pizzeria need

26: Harden

27: Bottomless pits

28: Sweet potato

Down
1: Crash into on purpose

2: Central theme

3: Daydreaming

4: Imbecile

5: Prepare to be knighted

6: They take sides

7: Carpenters visit them

9: Insincere ladies' men

10: Campanologist's pants?

13: Turn up?

14: Make sense, with 'up'

15: Setting for many jokes

19: Insinuate

20: Scruffs

22: Tongue-in-cheek quality

25: Distinctive doctrine





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