Crossword for Thu, 6/May/2010

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Across
1: Not the best place to crash

5: Novels, for example

9: Pacific threat

10: Supervised

11: Sleep

12: Helpful hint

13: Drew Barrymore to Steven Spielberg

15: Nile nipper

16: It can cause inflation

17: Loafer

20: Meet with

23: Undying

25: Like almanacs, usually

26: Bar ingredient, perhaps

27: À la Edith Bunker, voicewise

28: Show approval for, in a way

Down
1: Lavish parties

2: Former boxer?

3: Return to the initial position

4: Medicinal root

5: Potter, at times?

6: Word after Battle, in Michigan

7: Minipicture, maybe

8: Hotel freebie

13: Leather wine holders

14: Say again

15: It's between the shin and the foot

18: In a clear way

19: Big talker

21: Berry-bearing shrub

22: Dot on a monitor

24: Get the ball rolling





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