Crossword for Mon, 24/May/2010

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Across
1: First Amendment word

5: Make amends for

9: Empty-headed

10: Oldies evocation

11: Computer information unit

13: Illegal record

14: Cool in a crisis

16: Ex-GI

17: ___ de plume

18: Second-stringer

21: Decrease, as a load

22: Low socks

25: Publication founded in 1843 to campaign against the Corn Laws, with 'The'

27: Run the meeting

28: Long locks

29: Convention handout
Down
1: Light, sharp contact

2: Modern posting

3: John __

4: Sea cow

5: Future flower

6: Kind of terrapin

7: About 624 billion electron-volts

8: Shellac

12: Woodstock wear

14: '___ Star' (Seal song)

15: Zip

16: Get-up-and-go

19: Nincompoops

20: Cheer

23: Pass a bill

24: Parsley piece

26: Miner's pay dirt

27: Machine wheel




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