Crossword for Sat, 27/Mar/2010

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Across
1: Cascades

5: Musical symbols

8: Wrong

10: Speak monotonously

11: Round peg in a round hole

13: Shiite leader

15: To have or to hold

16: Idol worshipper?

17: Poem with a jubjub bird and a tumtum tree

20: 2004 title role for Jamie

21: He's introduced to sign in astrology reference book (9)

22: Short pants

24: It's often wild

25: Displaying symptoms of jaundice

27: Gridiron units

28: Law

Down
1: 'Neither snow, nor rain ...' statement

2: It may hold feathers in place

3: Of the kidneys

4: Lutheran hymn tune

5: X-ray science

6: Don't invite them!

7: Part of WYSIWYG

9: Lizardlike

12: Saxophonist's jacket?

14: Frank or Joe of boys' books

15: Curio

16: Book of synonyms

18: Like a bad apple, perhaps

19: Moved the king to safety, in chess

22: Response to a weak joke

23: Smooth transition

24: Late-night host Leno

26: Public lodging





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