Crossword for Thu, 15/Mar/2007

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Across
1: Pains in the neck

4: Unfailing

9: Boo-boo

10: Claim

11: Spot

12: Can't stand

14: Single shot

15: Pitch at night, and a 38-Across

16: Twelfth Night, vis--vis Epiphany

18: Inferior horse

20: Sorted alphabetically (like this puzzle's clues)

23: Affair of the heart

24: Completely full

25: Flu-ridden

27: NBC?

29: Gone from the bowl

30: Lamb and Bacon, e.g.

31: Pass rusher's tally
Down
1: Districts

2: Feminine pronoun

3: Cutting language

4: Stuffed mattresses [up to 126 pounds]

5: Places where sponges get used only once: Abbr.

6: Shade provider

7: Rust

8: Major test

13: Ornaments that resemble diamonds

15: Victorian, maybe

17: Many moons

19: Movie exec's concerns

20: By now

21: Speak to

22: Nutty

23: Fishtank problem

26: Track divisions

28: Conditions




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