Crossword for Mon, 3/Sep/2007

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Across
1: Pointy-eared sprite

3: Effusively friendly person

8: Professionals who might get your back up?

10: Nursery paraphernalia

11: Ground

12: Presiding officer

13: Chart shape

14: Word with cap or coat

15: Pride of the kitchen, perhaps

19: Contributed to an IRA

21: Sways

23: Hazarding a guess: critic who studies Hitchcock?

24: Roundabout expression

25: L-o-n-g time period
Down
1: Spreadsheet program

2: Enchanting place

3: Big fan

4: Ceremonial procession

5: Makes ill

6: Tough question

7: Goon

9: Neptune's realm

12: One with an ace up his sleeve?

13: New convert

15: Golfer's companion

16: Bunkum

17: Drinks that are sometimes peachy

18: Blackmail tactics

20: Fanged snake

22: Lustrous fabric




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