Crossword for Sun, 5/Dec/2010

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Across
1: Ace in the hole business?

7: Outward flow

9: Auto club offering

10: One of 100 in Washington

11: Most puzzle constructors

12: For ___ the marbles

14: Kind of insect

16: Bring back together

19: You may scratch if you mishandle it

20: Kind of returns

23: Light rain

24: Do for the service

25: ''Dick and Jane'' verb

26: Ill humored

Down
1: Horrendous

2: Mindless

3: Focus of attention

4: Quaker in the woods

5: Mortarboard danglers

6: Talks wildly

7: Snared

8: Alarm target

13: Rule of thumb

15: Ignore the alarm

16: Pulls back

17: Drinks with limes

18: Brought to nought

20: Overwhelmed

21: Mother-of-pearl

22: Sustain





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