Crossword for Thu, 11/Mar/2010

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Across
1: Teacher's milieu

6: Very serious

8: Telling of a story

9: Bitter in taste

11: Q's value in Scrabble

12: Its arch might be plain or tented

13: Defamation

14: Inhumanity

16: Word with jam or rap

17: Crazy Horse, for one

18: Embodiment

21: Unit of time

22: Down on one's luck

23: Say again

24: A little thing that irritates a lot

25: Victoria’s Secret offerings

Down
1: BIG DIPPER

2: Chef protector

3: Construction-site sights

4: Kitchen tearjerker

5: Poser

6: Hold firmly

7: Something nice

10: Worst one to handle packages

14: Knightly

15: Software users, often

16: Hide away

19: Name for game, e.g.

20: ''Talk turkey,'' e.g.

21: Send a message via PC





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