Crossword for Wed, 3/Dec/2008

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Across
1: Hoosegow resident

3: Kind of insect

9: Hard butter?

10: Least slovenly

11: Tyrolean refrain

12: Spiteful

13: Lab bottles

16: Aisle attendant

18: Holds back

19: Kind of boom

20: Owns

22: Monopoly acquisition

24: Moderate in tempo

25: Count on both hands?

26: 'Our father'

27: Dunderhead
Down
1: Like a one in addition, often

2: Vagabond

3: Hammer for a court justice

4: Per ___

5: Green onions

6: Conquers

7: Beat keepers

8: Indian princes

14: Helper

15: Throw in the towel

16: Pianist's finger-sliding passage

17: Some are plunging

20: Cheesecake picture

21: Nasty drops

22: It exists among thieves

23: Colorful aquarium inhabitant




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