Crossword for Thu, 30/Aug/2012

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Across
2: Acquire, as a debt

4: Questionable

8: Granola bar bit

9: Committee head

10: Little housewrecker

11: World records?

13: Assorted

14: Unlikely to cheat

16: Timely gap

18: Appointed ruler

19: Lured

21: Gardener's plot

23: Butterflies

24: Goof

25: It's the best policy

26: Viva voce

Down
1: Wear proudly

2: Translate

3: People who correct printers' proofs

4: Having a toothed edge

5: Modern writers' aids

6: Lightens the load

7: Half a score

9: Professionals who might get your back up?

12: Like blue language

13: Lightweight fabric

15: Pone, usually

17: Victorian virtue

18: Guts

20: Poisonous substance

22: Stuffed delicacy

23: Prized hardwood





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