Crossword for Wed, 2/Apr/2008

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Across
1: State flower of North Carolina

4: Bewitching

8: Plant of the primrose family

10: Every little bit

11: Outside consultants?

13: Speedometer meas.

14: Like some breezes

16: Sharp end?

17: Yells

18: Dead end

19: Sure-footed animal

20: Excellent

23: Specimen for an assayer

24: Conquers

27: Doesn't just ask

28: ___ Valley
Down
1: Stupid person

2: Quarry product

3: BLUE JEANS

4: Free-for-all

5: Kind of insect

6: Pen pals?

7: Marine, or impediment for Dracula?

9: 'Oh, brother!'

11: King Richard's epithet

12: It's used to conceal actual plans

15: Place for a pitch

16: Disciplinarians, essentially

21: Smashable items

22: Wrestling type

25: Pres. Coolidge

26: Cupid, to Venus




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