Crossword for Fri, 1/Dec/2006

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Across
2: 'Well, __-de-dah'

4: As a consequence.

6: Opposite of laugh

7: Opposite of addition

10: Antonym of 'left.'

13: Vacuous

14: A track left by something that has passed.

16: Hit hard.

18: Opposite of expensive

19: Theatrical hall

20: The past tense of choose.

22: Comic who had the one-man show 'The World According to Me'

23: Opposite of daydream

25: Dawn drops

26: An imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator.

27: Opposite of new

Down
1: United Nations body

2: 'Everyone knows that hens ______ eggs.'

3: Male possessive pronoun.

4: A piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more legs.

5: Author of The Old Man and the Sea

8: A line of track providing a runway for wheels.

9: A place for teaching; you will find many of these in a school.

11: A place for the burial of a corpse.

12: Electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances.

15: Greatest in size of those under consideration.

17: Declares

21: Rub out

24: 'Xanadu' band, for short

25: Past tense of 'do.'





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