Crossword for Thu, 4/Dec/2008

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Across
1: Wets one's whistle

5: Vestibule

8: Eccentric

9: Vacillated

11: Small potatoes

12: Scale note

13: The way the wind blows, perhaps

15: Keepsake

18: Sounds the hour

20: Prepare for a new career

22: Physics unit

23: Dazzling performer

26: Top dog

27: Do away with

28: Comic strip duck __ Fillmore

29: Cradle locale, in a lullaby
Down
1: Having two equal sides

2: Subject of this puzzle

3: Game that is this puzzle's theme

4: Perm milieu

5: Pitch at anchor

6: Fit to be tied

7: Peak performance?

10: Plant exudation

14: Operating system before Windows

15: Nice view

16: Something that might give you a beating?

17: Legal title

19: Non-italic

21: Tip off the wire?

22: Fiber used for caulking wooden ships

23: Early photo color

24: Held title

25: Get the ball rolling




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