Crossword for Fri, 27/Jul/2007

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Across
1: Second-stringer

6: Spanky, to Alfalfa

8: Puts down

9: Utilizes a VCR, in a way

11: Four-poster, e.g.

12: Idol worshipper?

14: Calamity cause

15: Droop

16: T-bar offering

18: Fall guy

19: Magazine thickeners

21: Funny fare

22: Old-time saloon

23: Free throw score

24: Proposer's fear

26: That's what you think

27: Morse code component

28: Job that involves ladder climbing
Down
2: Egotistical conversationalist

3: Insincere ladies' men

4: Spartan

5: Suffering sorts

6: Seamstress's sticker

7: Stock that drops in value

8: Lowers in value

10: Party for sheep shearers?

13: Hazarding a guess: sidewalk engineer?

17: Oater

20: Rhodes, for one

21: Stop, as electric service

22: Affected by ennui

25: Like a fiddle?




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