Crossword for Sat, 21/Feb/2009

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Across
1: Came first

6: Two-legged

9: Eventful trip

10: CPOs, e.g.

11: Carried

12: Charms

13: Big blow

16: With skill

18: Kicks

19: Hairdressers, at times

21: Novels, for example

22: Dizzy Gillespie's genre

25: Kind of suit or time

26: Question, in a way

27: Pasta drainer

28: ''Man of the Year'' for one?

Down
1: Wind section players

2: Lovers' lane event

3: Black number

4: Cross-indexed

5: BLUE JEANS

6: Took many courses

7: New convert

8: Stops

14: Aim

15: Vast quantity

16: Service station job

17: Happens to

20: Sound heard in hay fever season

22: Lower, as a light

23: Jazz genre

24: Value highly





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