Crossword for Fri, 5/Oct/2007

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Across
1: Small and charmingly spritely

4: Certain edentate

9: Boondocks

10: Texas tea

11: Ophthalmologist's supply

13: Tomorrow's dinner, maybe

15: '... ___ I saw Elba'

18: ''Comprende?''

19: Tapes

21: Measure using trigonometry

24: Umpire's call, at times

25: They help some to come out of their shells

26: What Monty earned?

27: Sarah Vaughan's sobriquet
Down
1: Draw into a conflict

2: 'Nip/Tuck' procedures

3: Player piano

4: Shade of blue

5: Drivers

6: Thirsty

7: Filthy stuff?

8: Some reed players

12: First choices

14: Happen upon

16: Ovarian hormones

17: Emu's cousin

20: Hit the spot

22: Press on

23: Farm measures

25: ___ de guerre




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