Crossword for Sat, 6/Sep/2008

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Across
1: Mesa

5: Nestling's noise

8: Soothing, to the skin

10: Some kind of a nut

11: After delivery

14: Glide via gravity

15: By hook or by crook

16: Decorative design

17: Sarges, e.g.

20: They usually come with strings attached

23: Chichi

24: Ethanol vis-à-vis gasoline

26: Pitches

27: Home settings

30: Make a comeback

31: 1775 foe of the British
Down
1: Pipsqueak

2: Open up, as a flower

3: Slim swimmer

4: Tap output

5: Mimic

6: Place surrounded by foreign territory

7: Some fasters

9: Brain picking?

12: 'Uh uh'

13: Villagers

15: Beachgoer

18: 7 or 11, in craps

19: Eventful trip

21: Historical period

22: Sensation for Estonians?

25: Rose red dye

28: Craving

29: Kind of grass




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