Crossword for Tue, 3/Aug/2010

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Across
2: Retirement spot?

4: Unreasonable economy

9: Root vegetable

10: Slightly irritated

11: None of the above

12: Piano man Charles

13: Befitting a king

15: Butlers' prompts

18: Gave the twice-over

19: Anesthesia of old

20: Tasty

22: Words denoting action

23: Krait kin

24: Slammers

25: They're off during takeoff

27: How megalopolises are populated

28: Program variable

29: Black goo
Down
1: Crept stealthily

2: Her identity may be unknown to an adoptee

3: Giver

4: Office fastener

5: Poised for action

6: Central

7: Moronic beginning

8: Warbled

14: Slacker

16: Lecture around the country

17: Gunpowder component

19: Wrap

21: Tried

23: Plus

24: Anatomical hinge

26: Golfer's objective




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