Crossword for Thu, 20/Dec/2012

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Across
1: Cord in some backyards

7: 'Look at that!'

9: Lincoln loc.

10: Theodore Roosevelt's group

11: Open-shelved cabinet

13: Swamp gas, essentially

14: Amused reaction

15: Kneecaps, say

17: Throw water on

20: Time being

21: Makes a break

23: Polluted

24: Betray

25: Moisten

26: Owing, as a debt

27: Certain researcher
Down
1: Jelled

2: The moon, e.g.

3: U-shaped charm

4: Sack time

5: Worse than cruel

6: Decree

7: Working

8: Wasteful activity?

12: A jab well done

15: Declaration

16: Leadfoot

18: Volcanic rock cavity

19: Conifer native to California

21: Attachment for open or rear

22: Seasoned rice

25: Chinese restaurant implement




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