Crossword for Sat, 21/Nov/2009

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Across
1: Skedaddle

5: Withdraw

9: Car exhaust systems components

10: Hopes and dreams

11: Minor player

12: Good judgment

14: Peeved

16: Yellow primrose

18: Prepare to present a proposal?

19: It helps level the playing field?

21: They help some to come out of their shells

23: Chic, to Austin Powers

24: Acclamation

25: Toro, for one

29: Shang or Xia

30: Light provider for a dreidel game
Down
1: Zip

2: Motley crew

3: Not right

4: Slimy-skinned fish

5: Give an answer (to)

6: Haboob, e.g.

7: Entomb

8: Ill humored

11: Small potatoes

13: Floor covering in Japanese houses

15: Stomachs

17: It helps level the playing field?

19: In the immediate area

20: Teeny

22: Eagle's claw

26: Secretary's stat

27: American voters before 1920

28: Cheerleader's chant




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