Crossword for Thu, 29/Oct/2009

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Across
1: Go beyond

5: Auditions

8: Melanin, e.g.

10: Life story?

11: Cowardly, in slang

13: Not exactly saying

15: Vaudeville production

16: Dorian and aeolian, for two

18: Conspicuous

19: Understanding

22: Kind of relations

24: Shining

25: FCC flouter Howard

26: Mailing address
Down
1: Snooty critter?

2: Hot under the collar

3: Excellent speaker

4: Less exciting

5: One in a romper room

6: Making Kool-Aid with holy water, e.g.

7: Most reliable

9: Stripper's attire

12: Cool in a crisis

13: Easy chair features

14: Office plaque

17: Not religious

18: Wind danger

20: 'A Tramp Abroad' author

21: Chairman of the Board, for one

23: Charged particle




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