Crossword for Sun, 23/Mar/2008

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Across
1: Gold, chemically speaking

4: Indy vehicle

9: Measurable by numbers

10: Head off

11: Input for a recorder

12: Long-tailed South American monkeys

14: Half a score

15: Helpful hint

16: Left orbit

19: Modern writers' aids

21: Spine-tingling

22: Diversion

23: Supplicate

24: Computer bulletin board mgr.

Down
1: Kudos

2: Like some tickets

3: Something that might give you a beating?

4: Thorax surrounder

5: Wrinkles

6: It's a shore thing

7: Superman who was a super man

8: '___ Kane'

13: Offensive ones?

14: Short quality

15: Undersea weapon

16: Public relations statement

17: Tire out

18: It may have shortcuts

19: Start the match

20: Wield





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