Crossword for Thu, 23/Aug/2007

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Across
1: Daydreaming

8: It'll give you a lift

10: Single-masted sailing vessel

11: Sailor, slangily

12: Gus McRae's occupation in 'Lonesome Dove'

13: Cash bar?

16: Not very often

18: Explosive concoction

21: Perceive vaguely

22: Daily reading, for some

24: Edinburgh boy

25: 'Three on a ___' (1932 Bette Davis melodrama)

26: Like a rake

27: Understanding
Down
1: Something done between the ropes

2: Transpire

3: Very cold

4: Printing mistake

5: Employs glass wool

6: Aisle attendant

7: Reach maturity

9: Folded food

14: Power source

15: Carrier of soldiers

17: Most reliable

19: Stolen ideas, idiomatically

20: Cries out for

22: Ballroom dance of Brazil

23: Overdo it on Broadway

24: Contemptible person




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