Crossword for Fri, 17/Aug/2007

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Across
1: Sot's spot

3: Foreman's job, before grill pitchman

7: Kind of baby or bonnet

9: Gawks

10: Without exception

11: 'Boston Public' figure

12: No longer existing

14: ___ firma

16: Soapbox derby entrant

18: Quick-to-build houses, for short

20: Like many stump speeches

22: Jabber

23: Player piano

25: Part of H.R.H.

26: Make dots

27: Quilters' gathering
Down
1: Shot giver

2: Shoplift from

3: Add ice, as to an old drink

4: Explosive concoction

5: Not spoken

6: Computer instruction

7: Part of the evening news

8: Knuckle rapper

11: Fingernail filer, among criminals

13: Twerp

15: Confidence

17: Hamelin's bane

19: Litter or graffiti, e.g.

20: Egyptian pictograph

21: 'Filthy' stuff

24: Flow back




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