Crossword for Thu, 15/May/2008

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Across
1: Pats a baby on the back

4: Apprehend

6: Lightweight fabric

8: Pupil

9: Gave Dangerfield no respect, e.g.

11: Gravedigger, at times

12: Drinks with coconut

14: Nestling's noise

16: Alfalfa, to Spanky

17: Hearty entree

18: Single-masted sailing vessel

19: Shellfish selection

20: Respond to depleted stock

22: Less populated

25: All thumbs

26: Lab jobs

27: Man in a lodge

28: In one's birthday suit
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2: Teddy's outfit

3: Type of whale

4: They help some to come out of their shells

5: Scrooge's exclamation

6: Singers

7: Hardly hale

8: Artists' buys

10: Ill humored

12: Excellent

13: Certain rattlesnake or terrapin

15: Owns

21: 'The Old ___ Bucket'

23: NPR has none

24: Map abbr.




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