Crossword for Thu, 29/Nov/2007

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Across
1: Wee bit

3: Second-stringer

9: Shore bird

10: Mag. submissions

11: Walk without lifting the feet

12: Started

15: Magician's art

16: Second-stringer

21: Current regulators

22: Foolish

24: Zip

26: Publication founded in 1843 to campaign against the Corn Laws, with 'The'

27: Takes back

28: Out of work? (abbr.)

Down
1: Lab jobs

2: Free-for-all

3: Pernicious

4: Off one's guard

5: Not so gloomy

6: Broadcast hour

7: May celebrant

8: Where you live

13: Banquet emcee

14: A meter reader

17: Steps on it

18: Edible mollusk

19: San Diego Chicken et al.

20: Dried fruit

23: White wading bird

25: Navigator's need





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