Crossword for Fri, 26/Dec/2008

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Across
2: Admonish

6: 'The Dark Side of the Moon,' e.g.

9: Ally

11: It's inspired

12: Plant of the primrose family

13: Scrumptious

14: Ram truck maker

15: News story starts

16: Subject to annulment

18: Made a pick

21: Hopi village locales

22: Ends of vertebral columns

24: Freedom, briefly

25: Surgery is rarely recommended for it these days

26: Terror

27: Tried
Down
1: Got away

3: First choices

4: Arctic, for one

5: Shoulder board (Var.)

6: Stein filler

7: Sailor, of a sort

8: Suffering sorts

10: Desert roamer

13: Coward

15: Coming-out party honoree

16: Went on and on

17: Apparent

19: Belief

20: Refrains

23: Outdoor climbers

25: Small amount




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