Crossword for Fri, 25/Jul/2008

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Across
1: French vegetables

5: Kudos

9: Put up preserves

10: Betray

11: Poker verb

12: A dynamic speaker, e.g.

14: Impudent

16: Fit for ships

18: Ottomans, e.g.

20: Shoe pieces

22: Hazarding a guess: sidewalk engineer?

23: Scuba filler

24: Morning aftertaste

26: Klutz

27: Prepare a galley

28: High-priced spreads
Down
1: Plague swarm

2: Wish grantor

3: Victorian virtue

4: French commune known for its white wine

5: The whole thing

6: Squirreling away

7: Like a situation that could have been prevented

8: What eds. edit

13: Wade's opposition

15: One between second and third

17: Entryway

18: Dandy

19: Rowdy

20: Successful, aggressive type

21: Machine-guns from a plane

23: In progress

24: Folding bed

25: Welcome site




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