Crossword for Thu, 28/Oct/2010

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Across
1: Male youth

3: 'O frabjous day!' source

9: Dot with droplets

10: Fake lake

11: Willpower

13: Spot checker?

14: Performer's agt.

15: P.D.Q.

16: European geese

21: Rascal

23: In the midst of

24: As a preferred alternative

25: Started

26: Best of all worlds

28: Most puzzle constructors

29: Electric partner
Down
1: Excavation employee

2: Family man

3: Rings and things

4: Tapster

5: Stores on the farm

6: It leads to conflict

7: Cord in some backyards

8: Gridiron figure

12: Preeminent

16: Court officer

17: Far from gregarious

18: Decrease, as a load

19: Partner of fold and mutilate

20: Rouses to action

22: Places to splash

27: Bit of energy




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