Crossword for Sun, 24/May/2009

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Across
1: Stretch time

5: Desperado

9: Yuletide decor

10: Office door adornment

12: Her identity may be unknown to an adoptee

14: State tree of Massachusetts and North Dakota

15: Gray matter

17: Remarkable events

18: Car without brakes, say

20: Showed initiative

21: It must be crossed to become more than one

22: Magician's art

26: Capitulate

27: Hip

28: Adroitness in using the hands

29: Plots
Down
1: Master, in Calcutta

2: Bravery

3: Opposition response

4: Good place to keep a fox out of

6: Do Miss Piggy, say

7: Diminution

8: Realm of Morpheus

11: Speeding ticket letters

13: Comforting support

15: Mattress-supporting frameworks

16: Classic Schumann piano work

19: Cruise ship officers

23: It's often stepped on

24: Loud get-up?

25: Must have

27: Baseball bat wood




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