Crossword for Fri, 4/Dec/2009

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Across
1: MAKEUP

7: Court arbiter

9: Spelling competition

10: Red Cross vehicle

12: Busy mound

13: Advisory group

14: Like some protests

16: Troop formation

17: Newspaper accounts

19: Deadlock

21: Dietetically challenged

23: William and Harry, e.g.

25: Offspring of Bold Ruler and Somethingroyal

26: Sundial figure

28: Costa del ___

29: Don't invite them!
Down
1: Swabbie

2: Tastefully luxurious

3: Thick-soled shoe

4: Less authentic

5: Mollycoddle

6: Carrier of soldiers

7: Royal rule

8: Most puzzle constructors

11: Bad places for stone throwers

15: Toothpaste additives

18: Tony, for one

19: Okay, in a way

20: More insolent

22: Get straight A's, e.g.

24: Prankster

27: Possessive that often has an erroneous apostrophe




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