Crossword for Wed, 23/Dec/2009

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Across
1: Carries on, as business

5: Realm

8: Decrease, as a load

9: 'Just do it' and 'Just say no'

10: Cop

12: News anchorman of old

13: A pop

14: Part of SAC

15: Farm tool

19: Family man

20: Finals

21: Full of pep

23: Formal speech

24: Tell secrets to, with 'in'

26: Magazine installment

27: Highest level

Down
1: Bulbed flower

2: Lean and bony

3: Complete collection

4: Movie houses

5: Dürer's 'Life of the Virgin,' e.g.

6: Straying

7: Shamed

9: More with it

11: Cord in some backyards

13: Pizza topping

16: Brewers' needs

17: Dolphins' home

18: Bump on a leg

19: Making a point?

22: Top

25: Diddly-squat





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