Crossword for Wed, 31/Oct/2012

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Across
1: Profane

5: Wishes fervently

8: Muleta wielders

10: Went by, as time

11: Supervise

12: Give evidence

13: Insincere ladies' men

16: Stage of advancement

20: Line of riders staggered for maximum protection from the wind

23: Changed to fit in

24: Kind of beetle

25: Storage compartment, sometimes

26: Appalachian, e.g.

27: Go beyond
Down
1: Copied

2: Sound of jammed-on brakes

3: One with an ace up his sleeve?

4: Build

5: Flip response?

6: Recreation

7: In a melancholy manner

9: Add sugar, e.g.

14: Moves from balcony to loge, perhaps

15: Inconsistent

17: Spiny anteater

18: Fit for putting away

19: Like almanacs, usually

20: Standing ovation, e.g.

21: Soup can wrapper

22: Dark period




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