Crossword for Wed, 29/Oct/2008

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Across
1: 'I will pay more attention to my appearance,' said ___

6: Combat site

9: Badge of honor

10: Doctrine that favors no authority

11: ___ up (quits talking)

13: Starting point

15: SWAT team specialists

17: Hazarding a guess: critic who studies Hitchcock?

21: Checks

23: Subway rider's grip

24: Estranges

25: Rodeo competitor

27: Land maps

28: Gathered

Down
1: Egotistical conversationalist

2: Rocker Stewart

3: Skye and Man

4: Entrepreneur's venture

5: A step up

6: Supplementary component

7: Soap unit

8: Get ready for a fight

12: November winners

14: Ill humored

16: Followers

18: School where the Talmud is studied

19: Makes oneself useful

20: Sticky stuff

22: IV part

23: Buzz off

24: African slitherer

26: Spanky, to Alfalfa





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