Crossword for Sat, 16/Dec/2006

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2: An indefinite but relatively small number.

5: Design theme

8: Synonym of 'happen'

9: Synonym of 'inn'

10: Bizarre

11: Common pair?

12: Mus. majors' degrees

13: Side of a diamond

15: Opposite of permanent

16: Of yore

17: Eggplant-shaped

19: Opposite of deliberate

20: 16th-century English architectural style

22: A writing implement with a point from which ink flows.

23: LPGA prodigy Michelle

24: Synonym of 'sleep'

25: Highlighter?

26: 'Rainbow' fish

27: 3 x 20 =

28: U-turn from NNW
Down
1: Payment to a mobster, perhaps

2: Singular of foci

3: Another term for 'endothermic'. Scientists debate whether dinosaurs were this.

4: Aleve targets

5: Design theme

6: Antonym of 'sunk.'

7: Watched out for, say

14: A location's latitude and longitude are its ______.

18: Bottom-living sea animal with eight long tentacles.

21: Full of hardship or trials; the ______ road to success.

22: Coke rival

23: This note receives four counts or beats. (music)




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