Crossword for Sun, 22/Oct/2006

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1: Contraction for 'he had.'

3: A baked dish with usually a pastry bottom and top.

5: Conceived of, imagined, or hoped for.

8: A daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements.

9: Use an abacus

10: Used to tell you what time it is.

11: World's smallest country.

13: 'We __ to please'

15: Present tense of saw

16: Plural form of 'individual.'

19: Musical deficiency

20: USN officer

21: A large dog originally bred for snow rescue and as a working dog.

24: Angry disturbances.

25: A bird or reptile might lay one of these.

26: Official lang. of Fiji

Down
1: Adult female chicken.

2: Where it's hard to keep 'em after they see Paree

3: Young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf.

4: To make plain and comprehensible; define.

5: Soiled, as with dirt; unclean.

6: The system of production and distribution and consumption.

7: An informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk.

9: End of the good advice

10: Storage cellars, especially for wine.

12: Hidden, not easily detected or noticed.

14: Scrooge, e.g.

16: Have as a part, to add to the whole.

17: Toothbrush brand

18: A fertile or green spot in a waste or desert, especially in a sandy desert.

22: Hook up

23: Before a dog can bury his bone, he must first ______ a hole.





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