Crossword for Wed, 19/Dec/2012

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Across
1: Masseur's offering

5: Ancient galley

9: Unending

10: Pleasant enough

11: Kind of buddy

13: Highest level

15: Hazarding a guess: cabbie who gets under your skin?

17: Goal

18: Intense anger

19: Sources of power for the daily grind?

22: Type of mandarin orange

24: They honk and hiss

25: Gives back, in a way

27: Winner of 11 Oscars in 1997

30: Streamer-decorated post

31: Like a pallid face

Down
1: Bonnet invader

2: You may scratch if you mishandle it

3: Handled differently?

4: Like some agreements

5: Cup-shaped flower

6: Rorschach pattern

7: Flow partner

8: Utilized Lego blocks

11: Byte fraction

12: Tons in a Tennessee Ernie Ford song

14: Explosive device

16: Scrutinized

18: Meantime

19: Eminent conductor

20: Henley event

21: ''Get the picture?''

23: Philately offering

26: Bull's suggestion

28: Chirac's veto

29: Hardly a dream date





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