Crossword for Thu, 24/Dec/2009

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Across
1: Requiring three hankies, say

3: Ace

8: Cooked Texas-style

10: Moronic beginning

11: Blue-pencils

13: Endure

14: Balance sheet positive

15: Nutty Professor's ice cream preference?

16: Type of bus

18: Foolish

20: Hearing distance

21: Rummy relative

23: Harbor helper

24: Young horses

26: Ill humored

27: Prop for 'The Hustler'

Down
1: Cavalry sword

2: Mocks

3: Act as a prompter in the theater

4: Borders

5: It'll hold a place for you

6: Do away with

7: Depression that results in a letter

9: Removed from office

12: Slogan

14: Reinforced

15: Perdue's product

17: Incenses

19: Killer in a Kesselring play

21: Run the meeting

22: Market place

25: Edinburgh boy





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