Crossword for Tue, 23/Dec/2008

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Across
1: May celebrant

3: Sure-footed animal

6: It shows the way

9: Lecture around the country

10: Own the throne

11: Colleagues

12: Mint or thyme, e.g.

13: Unnecessary

16: Wrap around

17: Pulled a checking scam

19: Hearty entree

21: Magazine notice

22: Thrive

24: Perpendicular to radial

25: Longing for ''the good old days''

27: Struck with a patella

28: Historical period

29: Jabber
Down
1: Wild bunch

2: Cattail site

3: Quelled concerns

4: Locales

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

6: Made bubbly

7: Continue to stress

8: Saxophonist's jacket?

11: Jim-dandy

14: Apparent

15: Migratory songbirds

18: Shilly-shallied

20: Disk's function

22: Orzo or ziti

23: Tot's toe

26: One way to find out




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