Crossword for Thu, 9/Aug/2012

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Across
1: February 14 and others

4: Mr. Fixit

9: Carpenters visit them

10: Quarterback Brady of the Patriots

11: Down front?

12: Maliciously misrepresented

14: County components

15: Of classes

18: Ravaged

19: From now on

20: Trailblazer

23: Saloon selection

24: First zoo?

25: Water moccasin

26: After-dinner drink

27: Gets without buying
Down
1: Assigned authority

2: Indian axes

3: Its depth is illusory

4: Kind of scheme

5: Lost

6: Sexless possessive

7: Mercury, for one

8: Dubbed

13: Second-stringer

15: Stomachs

16: Poser

17: Holds dear

20: Crossbarred pattern

21: Fiber used for caulking wooden ships

22: Do penance

25: High-tech scanner




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