Crossword for Sat, 12/Dec/2009

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Across
1: Do Miss Piggy, say

4: Lima coin

6: Vortex

10: 'Wicked' prop

11: ''Three Lives'' author Gertrude

12: Anti-inflammatory choice

13: Falls

15: Most spick-and-span

17: Most embarrassed

18: Guts

19: Beach wear

21: Deviate from the script

24: With it

25: Great old Chevy?

26: Emolument

27: Butterflies
Down
1: Metrical units

2: Pet that angers

3: Glowing piece of coal

4: White expanse

5: Mica, shale, and butcher block

7: Able to feel

8: Ornaments that resemble diamonds

9: Peak peak

13: One with an ace up his sleeve?

14: Like a couch potato

16: Heartache

20: Price milieu

22: Like some change

23: Pentagon personnel




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