Crossword for Sat, 5/Sep/2009

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Across
1: Moving vehicle

3: Excellent

8: Stock that drops in value

9: Increase in loudness

11: Gawks

12: Blue

13: Droop

14: Dull as dishwater

16: It's tender to the Japanese

17: Swelling music during an acceptance speech, say

19: Peter Jennings, e.g.

22: Off one's feed

23: Hide ___ hair

24: One-liner expert

26: Gross irreverence

27: Acclaim

28: Most puzzle constructors

29: Sea dog
Down
1: Heroism

2: Fodder holder

3: Red quartz

4: Liftoff followers

5: Patella

6: Streaks

7: General pardon

10: First, second, or third, e.g.

13: Certain trigonometric ratios

15: Mechanic's garb

18: Otalgia

20: Oater

21: Cane cutter's tool

22: Rorschach test component

24: Dizzying spin

25: Spinning part




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