Crossword for Thu, 2/Apr/2009

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Across
1: Leaving no opportunity for error

5: Collectible shell

7: Salon stylist

9: Goalie's protection

10: Went to work on

11: They were spent in Spain

12: Storage facility for B-52s

14: London pub alternative

16: Where the ball goes 'around the horn'

18: Hires

19: Dazzled

20: What a scholarship might pay

22: Charged particle

23: The boonies, e.g.

24: Be a ham

25: Tear to pieces
Down
2: Piano piece?

3: Outstanding

4: Nitpicker

5: One with an ace up his sleeve?

6: Keeps secret

7: Ribbon on a chapeau

8: Embodiment

9: Hazarding a guess: sidewalk engineer?

13: Like a situation that could have been prevented

15: Stonework

17: Figured out

18: Holds out a carrot to

19: Hose hue

21: Become accustomed




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