Crossword for Sat, 2/Aug/2008

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Across
1: Idol worshipper?

5: St. Louis gridder

7: Soothing agent

9: Yardarm

10: Mottled inlay material

11: Wild bunch

12: Not tied up

15: '___ Star' (Seal song)

16: 'Come again?'

18: Professionals who might get your back up?

20: Severe

21: Assertion

22: Used to be

23: Street urchin
Down
1: Bridge support

2: Cowardly, in slang

3: Exaggerate

4: Pocket breads

5: Of the countryside

6: Afternoon performance

8: Regatta crew

9: Modern writers' aids

13: Take turns

14: Serve well

15: Unsophisticated

17: Flower made of ribbon

18: Pet store purchases

19: Get-go




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