Crossword for Sun, 13/Sep/2009

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Across
1: Wheel covers

5: Blocked

7: Unhealthy attachments

8: Frog's sound

10: Car safety devices

11: Alice, to Dennis the Menace

12: Disjoint

14: Pause

15: Less restricted

17: Approximated

19: Story feature

20: Minor, probably

23: Diplomat

24: Shrew

25: Big Kahunas

26: Publisher's payment
Down
1: Tests the weight of

2: 12 on the first roll, in craps

3: The story of my life?

4: It has no back

5: Hard to brush off

6: Hardly the assertive type

8: Scot-free

9: Joint protection

12: Protection

13: They're often amusing

16: Pep up

18: Polish site

21: Less contaminated

22: Ragged and untidy




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