Crossword for Sat, 19/Jan/2008

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Across
1: Mental aberration

4: Two-legged

7: People use them only when they're full

10: Silklike synthetic fiber

11: Debussy's 'La ___'

12: Spanky, to Alfalfa

13: Range of vision

15: Carrier of soldiers

16: Coin-flip call

17: Brown-___ (sycophant)

18: Government building

19: Catch

20: Drop in on

21: 'Count me in!'

22: Cause, as havoc

23: ''60 Minutes'' feature

26: Irritated

27: Invigorated
Down
1: 'Treasure Island' pirate

2: '___ Town Too' (1981 hit for James Taylor and J.D. Souther)

3: Modern writers' aids

4: Old-time saloon

5: Hazarding a guess: critic who studies Hitchcock?

6: Remote room?

8: Mottled inlay material

9: Stage of advancement

11: Afternoon theater performance

12: Like dime novels

14: Graduation doodads

22: Mindless card game

24: Tongues do it

25: 'I've ___ it up to here!'




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