Crossword for Sun, 15/Mar/2009

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Across
1: Acted properly

5: Holds protectively

9: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, for one

10: Parish residence

11: The color purple, e.g.

12: Backbreaker, in a proverb

13: Sibling's daughter

14: Run down

17: Build up

19: Chest

20: They may say 'uncle'

22: Long piano

24: Flunky

27: Capture

28: Battlefield formation

29: Eccentric

30: Donald Duck's uncle

31: Hit man
Down
2: Rich-girls-to-be

3: Primary goal?

4: More ominous

5: Part of a gymnastic routine

6: On the rise

7: Uncaged

8: Craft

9: Ladybug's prey

15: Bony-plated beast

16: Overbearing pride

18: Competitive edge

19: ''Taps'' players

21: Female prophet

23: Apt rhyme for 'deplore'

25: Cover, as a cake

26: Speeder spotter




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