Crossword for Sun, 27/Jul/2008

1
 
 
 
2
 
 
 
3
 
 
 
4
 
 
 
 
 
5
 
 
 
6
 
 
 
7
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9
 
10
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13
 
 
 
14
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17
 
 
 
18
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21
 
 
 
22
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Across
1: Office door adornment

5: Accidental decline

8: Tiny

10: Whistle stop site

11: It's written in stone

12: Classic Schumann piano work

13: Dwelling

15: Driver's woe

16: Time being

17: Crossed diagonally, say

19: Holds back

21: A lot

23: Botches

24: Like leotards

26: Top

27: 2000 film garnering Best Picture and Best Actor honors
Down
1: Nice handle

2: Long green

3: P.D.Q.

4: Put on a pedestal

5: Shelf

6: Twerp

7: Implored

9: Large antelope

13: Title of respect

14: Very small

15: Food that's twirled

17: Slammers

18: School where the Talmud is studied

20: Back to zero, perhaps

22: Nervous feeling

25: Gob




Solution (Reversed)
E
S
P
A
L
E
T
A
L
P
E
M
A
N
N
I
E
D
O
O
O
T
O
P
E
D
E
L
U
C
S
U
N
I
M
R
S
G
L
L
T
E
E
U
Q
S
E
B
A
R
A
H
P
Y
L
G
A
U
N
T
A
T
E
E
L
S
D
A
E
T
S
E
M
O
H
E
A
P
T
I
O
D
E
K
L
A
W
Y
A
J
E
C
N
O
N
G
E
A
U
O
S
P
A
E
H
S
N
I
A
R
T
S
E
R
N
E
H
L
E
C
I
T
H
G
I
T
N
I
K
S
S
B
U
L
F
A
S
T
V
E
L
I
R
O
T
A
I
D
A
L
G
T
S
E
R
C