Crossword for Sat, 14/Nov/2009

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Across
1: Ticking off

5: Rubber

9: 9 - 5, e.g.

10: Marine, or impediment for Dracula?

11: American and Swiss

12: Use a clamp, say

14: Scuttlebutt

15: Prohibited

17: Good place to keep a fox out of

18: Unseeing

19: Mentor

21: Ouzo flavoring

22: It has feathers and may be airborne

25: 'What have we here?'

27: Word-for-word

28: Prepare for a workout

Down
1: NASCAR stat

2: Bass boat occupant

3: Renowned

4: Kind of insect

5: Speed meas.

6: Round Table title

7: Put up

8: Aroused again

12: Three-horned dinosaur

13: Slacker

14: Wedding run-through

16: Direction giver

20: Gymnastics event

23: Feather partner

24: About 45 inches, in England

26: Chimpanzee's hoot





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