Crossword for Fri, 5/Dec/2008

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Across
1: Plausible but fallacious argument

5: Desolated

8: Sing Sing inhabitant

9: Like dime novels

11: Tums, e.g.

13: Fine fabric

16: Get in good condition

18: Like most divans

19: Sour note

20: Surfeit

21: Compact's lack

22: Garment-shunning group

23: Box office biggie

26: Photo finish?

27: Strong revulsion

28: Annie, for one
Down
2: Piercing

3: Rambunctious child

4: Looked depressed

5: Ancestors

6: Country music's ___ Ridge Boys

7: Youngster

8: Record store section

10: Tried

12: It must be carefully balanced

14: Its depth is illusory

15: Lamb and Bacon, e.g.

17: 'Star Trek' studio

22: Compound used in fertilizers

23: Oyster's spot

24: Hospital areas, for short

25: Shortest-named spectrum hue




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