Crossword for Sat, 24/Oct/2009

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Across
1: Pretend

5: A step up

8: Ryan or Foster

10: Full of pep

11: Drinks with coconut

12: Ticked

14: Dresses

15: Foreshadows

18: Auditions

20: Needle prick protection

21: In a coarse manner

23: Platform for public speaking

24: Aim

26: George W. Bush, to George H.W. Bush

27: South African province KwaZulu-__

28: Carrier of soldiers

Down
1: Inadequate

2: In the same vein

3: Sanctifies

4: A vamp may bat one

5: Give in to gravity

6: Chichi

7: Hotfooted

9: Movers, not shakers

13: 'I will pay more attention to my appearance,' said ___

16: Maze

17: Early Atlantic crosser

19: Salon worker

20: Cigar-shaped ammo

21: Reaction to a pun, perhaps

22: ___ d'art

25: Play for a sap





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