Crossword for Sun, 24/Aug/2008

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Across
1: Attire

3: Emulated a surgeon

7: Product called 'black gold'

8: Hazarding a guess: sidewalk engineer?

10: Mottled inlay material

11: Where to find porters

12: Magician's art

14: Ophthalmologist's supply

19: Photo finish?

20: The story of my life?

23: Banquet emcee

24: Away from the office

25: Comeback

26: Guide
Down
1: Viva voce

2: Tasty

3: Program-provider

4: Film in which Dustin was Dorothy

5: Elevate

6: News story starts

8: Danger

9: Leather strip

11: Inferior rhymer

13: Kind of donor

15: Purchase incentives

16: Allot according to ownership

17: White heron

18: __ Bowl

21: Hobo

22: Liturgical headdress




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