Crossword for Thu, 22/May/2008

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Across
1: Professionals who might get your back up?

9: Period between wars

10: Bit of fact

11: Minor player, so to speak

12: Cream-filled pastries

14: Panama ___

15: Party host

16: Superficial

18: Enticements

19: Grunted

21: Old hat

22: Gullywasher

23: Helpful hint

24: Toned down

27: Former boxer?

28: Change

Down
1: Mimic

2: Kind of address

3: Subdued

4: Concerns for ecologists

5: 'The Color of Money' prop

6: Trite

7: Dip below the horizon

8: Went on and on

13: Dazzling performer

14: Water moccasin

17: Pilot's data

18: Belly

20: Hits the road

25: Highlander's cap

26: Morse code component

27: Shade tree





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