Crossword for Wed, 4/Jan/2012

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Across
2: Ant eaters

6: Squeeze (out)

8: One's seen on ''60 Minutes''

9: What you gotta have, in a 'Damn Yankees' song

10: Magician's art

11: Many, many moons

13: Mottled inlay material

16: Wrongdoer's bane

19: Speed meas.

20: Work from home, in a way

24: Protective places

25: Comfort enhancer

26: Campaigned for office

27: French bread loaves
Down
1: Twangy

2: Located in the center

3: More callow

4: Curriculum ___

5: Wedding run-through

6: Knickknack holder

7: Complicated

9: Wood shop tool

12: It helps level the playing field?

14: Takes turns

15: Superimposed upon

17: Worse than cruel

18: Loud and rowdy

21: Craft entered gingerly

22: Reason for a badge

23: Plant problem




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