Crossword for Thu, 23/Feb/2012

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Across
1: Starting point

5: Untamed

8: Modern writers' aids

10: Jumping-off place?

12: Josh

13: 'On the ___ hand...'

15: Helm handlers

16: Flashcards, for example

20: Treaties

22: Military address

23: Do Miss Piggy, say

26: Flowering shrub of the four-o'clock family

28: Cut companion

29: Broke the budget
Down
1: Lab jobs

2: Elegant drawing room

3: Chimpanzee's hoot

4: Prescribe

5: Educational excursion

6: Dais

7: Indolent individual

9: Ground

11: Commuter's option

13: Ignore the alarm

14: Moral virtue

17: Dresses

18: Provider of top notes

19: Mick Jagger or Paul McCartney

21: Move like rush-hour traffic

24: Parting words?

25: Represent onstage

27: Wise guys?




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