Crossword for Thu, 5/Nov/2009

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Across
1: Masseur's offering

5: 'The Raven' author's monogram

9: Seasonal songs

10: Trumpet sound

11: Tuck's title

13: Occurring every nine weeks, roughly

14: Stand

15: Romantic songs

17: Scolds

18: Most desirable

20: Game with hitting and busting

23: 'Green ___' (sitcom with Arnold the Pig)

24: Sound like a broken record

25: Cunning

27: Elbow

28: Fingers and toes
Down
1: Pernicious

2: Stick on a table

3: Rising again

4: Some acrobatic feats

5: Bailiwick

6: Pungent bulb

7: Second-stringer

8: Names derived from people

12: Embodiment

15: Dunce

16: Sluggish

17: Prattled

19: Payers of flat fees?

21: Work with the hands

22: Wide-open

26: Batman foe Poison ___




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