Crossword for Sun, 29/Mar/2009

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1: Less sullied

4: Gets the better of

9: Undertake

10: Sensation for Estonians?

11: 'Reading' material at the bottom of a cup

12: Brownish gray

13: Picture showers

15: Second-generation Japanese-American

17: Avoid ignorance

20: 1988 World Series champs

22: Tease good-naturedly

23: Primitive timepiece

25: Type of spray

26: Direct path

27: Spoofed

28: A winter woe
Down
1: Useful

2: Prepare for a new career

3: Strong fiber

4: Musical intervals

5: Went by, as time

6: Called on the carpet

7: Raids

8: Object to find in Kakuro

14: Marx/Engels creation

16: Compelling the attention

18: It makes cats scat

19: Stepped formation

20: Defeated decisively

21: Scrutinize

24: Hangman turn

25: Snafu part




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