Crossword for Thu, 29/Nov/2012

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Across
1: Taverns

5: FCC flouter Howard

8: Slogan

10: Dot follower

11: Central

12: It's a drag on a gown

13: Palindromic preposition

15: Fit to be taken in

16: Player's peg

17: Beat walker

18: Adult insects

19: Fancy affairs

21: Keeps secret

22: Making crank calls, e.g.

25: Choose

26: Rider on a crowded subway car

27: Kosher meal

28: Took a stab at?
Down
1: Credit

2: Word with worm or moth

3: Reddish clay

4: 'Boston Public' figure

5: Drop in on

6: Like some evening, in 'South Pacific'

7: Convention's choice

9: The story of my life?

12: Comes down hard

14: Hastened

15: Puts out

17: Secret partnership

20: Sweetened

23: Flaw

24: Fort Knox bar

26: 'My dear man'




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