Crossword for Mon, 20/Apr/2009

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Across
1: Extend oneself too far

6: Self-esteem

9: New York state motto ('ever upward')

10: Little egg

11: Polish application

12: Weariness

14: Marshmallow roasters

15: Snared

19: Grain alcohol component

20: Hairy arachnid

23: Female address

24: Foolishness

25: Flaw

26: Star seen late at night
Down
1: Foreboding things

2: Pen

3: Play parts

4: Belief that all natural objects have souls

5: Feminine pronoun

6: Trailblazed

7: Spiny-crested lizards

8: Visual aids

13: Outer skin layer

14: Gus McRae's occupation in 'Lonesome Dove'

15: Spiny anteater

16: Mound over tunnels

17: Layered dessert

18: Early 20th-century French art style

21: Easily conned

22: Hot pursuit?




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