Crossword for Sat, 11/Aug/2007

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Across
1: Not fated

5: Ape

8: Excessively distressed

10: Secretary's stat

11: Beatles classic

12: Aesop's lesson

13: Exposed

15: Mercury, for one

16: Full circle, on the track

18: Raw material for the sugar shack

19: Per ___

20: Chute material

21: Grate expectations?

23: Minion

26: Go astray

27: Assume liability for, as another's loan

28: Retains

29: Flashcards, for example
Down
1: Kind of donor

2: Ignore the alarm

3: Fought with gloves

4: Environmental group functioning as a unit

5: Cantaloupe, for one

6: It gets pushed around a lot

7: Caravan beast

9: Stout, e.g.

14: Conducts business

15: Very small

16: They're crooned near cradles

17: Some fasters

21: Smart guy

22: Buttermilk, to Dale Evans

24: Sweetie pie

25: Average




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