Crossword for Wed, 21/May/2008

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Across
1: Flair

3: Part of SAC

8: Environmental group functioning as a unit

10: More devoted

11: Writes up

12: Thesaurus listing

14: New convert

16: Excavation sites

17: Backed off

18: Italian appetizer

21: Like some races

22: Be taken with

24: Committee

26: Modern messages

27: Was like

28: Obscenity substitute, perhaps
Down
1: Bump on a leg

2: In progress

3: Meet expectations

4: Type of novel

5: Feline, to Tweety

6: Fine food freaks

7: Drive-in employees of old

9: Beatles classic

13: Office plaque

15: Adornments

17: Outer covering

18: Airport event

19: Corresponded

20: Partial superimposition

23: Speak from the stage

25: Hasty escape




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