Crossword for Wed, 8/Jul/2009

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Across
1: Nightclothes

4: Pain relief

8: Josh

9: Unshockable

10: Modern writers' aids

12: Madame of the sty

13: They're hot

15: Embodiment

18: Tap output

21: Cowardly, in slang

23: Magician's art

25: It's inspired

26: Mortal enemies

27: Stops
Down
1: They frown on slang

2: Poem with a jubjub bird and a tumtum tree

3: Wades through messily

4: Chocoholics, e.g.

5: Value highly

6: Pinot Noir or Merlot

7: Michelangelo's 'David,' and others

9: Beat a dead horse

11: Deceitful tricks

14: Wool fat

16: Orbital points

17: Like some motors

19: Lasts

20: Fishline material

22: Turkish money

24: Amethyst or tourmaline




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