Crossword for Tue, 2/Mar/2010

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Across
1: Unskilled writers

4: Easy-to-answer questions

9: St. Louis gridder

10: Fielder's faux pas

11: Tango maneuver

12: Alaskan prospector

13: Track transaction

15: Hostility

16: Determination

19: Sparkle

21: Fable

22: Succulent

24: Something done between the ropes

25: Yellowstone animal

26: Barely getting by, with 'out'

27: Barbie's ex-beau

28: Most reliable

29: Palance's Oscar-winning role in 'City Slickers'
Down
1: Never leaving alone

2: Groups of people

3: Most like a rock

4: Baby bean plants

5: Advance, as one's cause

6: Dot with droplets

7: Cut off

8: Kosher meal

14: Slacker

17: Part of SAC

18: Hospital sign

20: Miles from __

21: Guess

22: Comes down hard

23: Joined, like oxen

25: Before, in verse




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