Crossword for Sun, 28/Sep/2008

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Across
1: Call

6: Writing points

9: In working order

10: Exhibit supporter

11: Insincere ladies' men

13: Mugs

15: Subway rider's grip

17: Put back into service

20: Durable wood

22: Hazarding a guess: critic who studies Hitchcock?

24: Spot for a mike

26: Pulitzer Prize category since 1970

27: Convicted crook

28: Some terms
Down
1: Certain machinist

2: 'The African Queen' hanger-on

3: Mollify

4: Soporifics

5: With optimism

6: Teeters

7: 'Good answer'

8: Small landmasses

12: Haunting

14: Sentimental

16: Deli orders

18: Troop formation

19: Takes a peek

20: Skull

21: Science subject

22: Seasoned rice

23: Far from fresh

25: Spanky, to Alfalfa




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