Crossword for Thu, 14/Jan/2010

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Across
1: Wile E. et al.

4: Rescuers

8: Pop, as a question

9: Gave to another for care

11: Rice field

12: Migratory songbirds

14: Talk

16: Time being

17: Puppy, e.g.

18: Thresholds

20: Sharply divided

21: Well-lit lobbies

24: Impertinence

26: Pooch

27: Academic type

28: Money waster
Down
1: Workbench gripper

2: Joined together

3: Idol worshipper?

4: Growth on a shaved head

5: Today's honoree and word found in the four theme entries

6: Law

7: 'Arsenic and Old Lace' aunts, e.g.

10: Potato, for one

13: Outside consultants?

14: Diminishes in importance

15: What some are allergic to

18: Showstopper

19: Ancient

22: Word coined in 1941

23: Spiritual being

25: Impresario Hurok




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