Crossword for Sun, 24/Dec/2006

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Across
1: Synonym of 'hard' or 'tough.'

4: Wrap up, in a way

7: Adult female chicken.

8: 1959 Merman vehicle

11: Sphere, to Shelley

12: Gaga over

13: Bic liquid

15: Opposite of offence

17: Opposite of disapprove

21: Present tense of bought

22: Synonym of 'slow'

24: Resentment reaction

25: Bones and doors may do it

26: The atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth.

27: Anatomical knots

28: Having a habit of seeking food or moving about at night; as, nocturnal birds and insects.
Down
2: After a long period of time or long delay.

3: Fitting suggestion?

5: Having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned.

6: to make widely known

7: To what extent or amount or degree; '______ tall is he?'

8: The world's largest gorge.

9: It's rarely over 100

10: Shanghai doughnut?

14: The general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time.

16: Present tense of inbred

18: big-mouthed bird

19: A yellow-green color that shares its name with Popeye’s girlfriend.

20: Lands, as a fish

23: 'Yippee!'




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