Crossword for Wed, 21/Oct/2009

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Across
1: Recoil

3: Haboob, e.g.

8: Of the countryside

10: Disney's art

11: NASCAR ___

13: Conflicting flavors

14: Lung-related

15: Mark Twain, to Samuel Langhorne Clemens

18: Watchfulness

21: Easy to see or understand

22: Boondocks

25: God-awful

27: Pay back

28: Reddish orange dye

30: Bilko and Pepper

31: Circular deli treat
Down
1: Realm

2: Here-there connection

3: Dot-com, maybe

4: Artless simplicity

5: Accommodates, in a way

6: Rust or lime

7: Revolutionary War figure

9: Conservative foe

12: Fix, as a computer

14: Sweethearts or some parrots

16: Ancient two-leaved tablet

17: Creeps up on

19: Atomic particle

20: Holds in high regard

23: Town employee of yore

24: Coax, for example

26: Speech mannerism

29: Carp constantly




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