Crossword for Thu, 16/Dec/2010

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Across
1: Welds

4: Offensive ones?

9: White wading bird

10: Protective head gear

11: Change

14: Pass out faceup, maybe

16: Administered medicine to

18: All done

19: Clergymen

21: Worst one to handle packages

24: Easily managed

26: Be a ham

27: Rising again

28: Comes down hard
Down
1: Personal liberty

2: Hit strings

3: Go down

4: Gathered

5: Hi-fi equipment

6: Cord in some backyards

7: Many, many moons

8: Meet expectations

12: Fashionable canine?

13: Ice cream concoctions

15: Emulated Endymion

16: Minor, probably

17: Family member

20: Hi-fi systems

22: It's an old story

23: Warehouse

25: NPR has none

26: Feed one's face




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