Crossword for Thu, 19/Mar/2009

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Across
1: Dabbling duck

5: Part of a freight train

9: Professionals who might get your back up?

10: Travel aimlessly

11: Enormousness

12: Share more than space

15: Living doll

16: Harden

17: Advantages

18: Indistinguishable

21: Cap with a pom-pom

24: The story of my life?

25: Victorian virtue

26: Deal with
Down
1: Type of parrot

2: Telling fibs

3: Unnecessary

4: Lowered in rank

5: Prima ___ case

6: Circa

7: Tapes

8: Take back due to nonpayment

12: Pulitzer Prize category since 1970

13: Domestic

14: Nez Percé breed

15: Untidy

19: Hauls around

20: Taxi driver

22: Syrup source

23: Immeasurable depth




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