Crossword for Thu, 8/May/2008

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Across
1: Ones who testify

6: Tight embrace

9: Word with city or child

10: Doctor's specialty

11: Second-stringer

12: Stein filler

14: Center of a noted palindrome

15: Marine

17: Egotistical conversationalist

21: Mama porker

23: Like cherries jubilee

24: Excellent

25: Thoroughbred, or Dracula's obsession?

27: Straighten, as wheels

28: Type of wave

29: Almost firm
Down
1: You'll travel if you don't do this enough

2: A Catholic sacrament

3: Arctic whale

4: Louse egg

5: Early Atlantic crosser

6: Party feeder

7: Ubiquitous synthetic

8: Furry friend

13: Man in a lodge

16: Inconsistent

17: Zip

18: Drove

19: Sound unit

20: Studies carefully, in a way

21: Having three dimensions

22: Roused

25: Set as rivals

26: Three Gorges project




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