Crossword for Mon, 23/Mar/2009

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Across
1: Affectless

4: Insurer

9: Trick

10: What 'bottom's up' is to 'pub's motto'

11: 'Dear old' man

12: Uninvited guest

13: Nemesis

15: Archery bow wood

16: Parisian turndown

18: Easy chair features

21: Groups of people

22: Actress Ryan

24: Dictators

25: Musical speeds

26: Snowballs

27: Song of the past

Down
1: Curvilinear

2: Flowed slowly

3: Wangle

4: Aid recipient

5: Lawlessness

6: By now

7: Indian axes

8: Holds back

13: Like some funds

14: Like movies

17: Like Switzerland, Laos, and Costa Rica

18: Cafeteria worker's wear

19: Fake handles

20: Trattoria offering

22: Performed like silent street performers

23: Artful deception





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