Crossword for Thu, 22/Mar/2012

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Across
1: Bleacher creature?

3: Pun reaction, perhaps

6: ___ over (assisted through difficulty)

8: Start of a giggle

9: Biblical event

10: Take the wrong way?

12: Relieves, as pressure

14: Most like a rock

15: Uproar

16: Clear

18: Office door adornment

19: Man of steal?

20: Bringing forth

22: Ruling period

23: Part of CBS

24: Kind of optimism

27: Annoyance

28: Liturgical headdress

29: Gardeners' repositories

30: The 'S' in CBS: Abbr.
Down
1: One who keeps dropping things

2: Pandemonium

3: Amethyst or tourmaline

4: Crew implement

5: Player piano

6: Fashionable canine?

7: Funeral hymn

11: Worst one to handle packages

13: Rider on a crowded subway car

14: Deceitful tricks

17: Skills

21: Advent

25: Owing, as a debt

26: ___ and don'ts




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