Crossword for Thu, 4/Feb/2010

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Across
1: All-night party

5: Improvise

8: Noted grill man

10: Slender candle

11: Leaving no opportunity for error

13: Portended

14: Swell

15: Hitting a free throw, for example

17: Mimic

19: Tasty tidbits

21: Tightly packed

23: Italian appetizer

24: Unwanted sound

25: Guillotine and Oscar, e.g.

27: It's a good thing

28: Kept up
Down
1: Cold symptom

2: Ferrell film

3: Skedaddle

4: Spring flood causes

5: The story of my life?

6: Bounded

7: Pointer, e.g.

9: Understanding

12: Primrose with yellow flowers

16: Particulars

17: Showy solo passage

18: Lost persons seekers

19: Shower components

20: Calmed down

22: They're clipped and filed

26: Confession topic




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