Crossword for Sat, 13/Mar/2010

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Across
1: Shade of yellow

5: Go up

8: Window deicer

10: Allure alternative

11: With distinction

12: Manner of performance

13: Formulaic writing

16: Lend a hand

17: These pop up on a screen

18: Hollywood success

19: Nuts for drink flavoring

22: Lab research animal

25: Deliberate insult

26: How Dennis Eckersley pitched

27: Cross-indexed

28: 'Hee Haw' setting

Down
1: Annoy continually

2: States ruled by dictators

3: Chocolate substitute

4: Where change is good

5: Where one makes the grade

6: 'The Gift of the Magi' device

7: One who mixes with Jim, Jack and Johnny?

9: Seasoning vegetable

13: Casino game

14: Like Jeremiah

15: Recrudesced

16: Backup

20: Southpaw

21: Upbraid

23: Hardly a philanthropist

24: Well-known





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