Crossword for Thu, 2/Feb/2012

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Across
1: Celeb status

5: 1982 Hoffman movie

8: Hardworking

10: Mont Blanc, for one

11: Celebrities

12: Roman commander

13: Religious retreat

15: Fishline material

16: Compound in fireworks

18: Easy chair features

21: Poser

23: FCC flouter Howard

25: Ancient mariner

26: Tough-skinned mammals

27: To such an extent (as)

28: Marked down, perhaps
Down
1: Junior, often

2: Belly

3: They go into drives

4: Biblical event

5: Rose sticker

6: Kind of relations

7: Mathematical powers

9: Striking beauty

13: Stuffed tubes

14: Sit on one's heels

17: Times of service

19: All you can carry

20: The whole ___

22: Rodeo competitor

23: Big blow

24: Water sprite




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