Crossword for Thu, 27/Dec/2012

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Across
1: Lingerie shown during a preview?

5: Sundial figure

7: Ringing

10: Kind of talk

11: Most sacred

13: Postseason game

15: Like lighthouses

17: More mouth-watering

18: Mall, to some teens

19: About which

20: Zola's literary style

22: Kind of beetle

24: Stadium noise

25: Real shocker

27: Monopoly token

28: Saxophonist's jacket?
Down
1: Her identity may be unknown to an adoptee

2: Blacksmith's block

3: Neither's mate

4: Philatelist's purchase

5: Make it up as you go

6: Dennis the Menace, e.g.

8: Supplicate

9: Go beyond

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

14: Job that involves ladder climbing

16: Beach frequenter

17: Dried (off)

21: Lament

23: Protect the quarterback

24: Gigantic 'Arabian Nights' flyer

26: U.S. 101, e.g. (Abbr.)




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