Crossword for Sat, 9/Jan/2010

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Across
1: Pebble propeller

6: Musical dedicated to a dancer

9: Daydreaming

10: Hard to bear

11: June honoree

12: Cotton fabric

14: Crazy

16: Less exciting

18: Rustler-chasing group

21: Not even close

22: Old sports venues

24: Closeness

25: Items often passed

26: Pull-over sites
Down
1: Almost firm

2: Toward the center

3: Total before deductions

4: Speculative stock, or Dracula when hopped-up?

5: Add up

6: Educational excursion

7: Partner of fold and mutilate

8: Zealous

13: Make self-conscious

14: Triangular-bodied instrument

15: Souvenirs

17: Fastens

19: Cold-shouldered

20: ___ d'art

22: Sunday singers

23: Filthy places




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