Crossword for Sun, 8/Mar/2009

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Across
1: Ophidian

3: Corn unit

5: Speak to the customs officer?

9: ___ d'art

10: Stake

11: Logic circuit element

12: Dubbed

14: Homeowner's helper

15: Free-for-all

16: Zip

17: Ready-go go-between

19: King Richard's epithet

23: Flashcards, for example

24: Overthrow of first base, e.g.

26: Word before field or stream

27: Too big, weightwise

28: Doctrine of belief

29: Absorption process

30: Fall guy

31: Moronic beginning
Down
1: Type of squash

2: Bedtime wear

3: Siamese or Persian

4: Masseur's offering

5: Poker-faced

6: Express sympathy

7: Name tag?

8: Complicated

13: Betray

15: Outlaw

18: Pythagorean proposition

20: Settings for pearls

21: Backpacker's stops

22: Undersea weapon

25: Far from cramped

28: Beat walker




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