Crossword for Thu, 7/Aug/2008

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Across
1: Arrangements, as of opposed mirrors, giving the effect of long vistas

5: Lightened up

8: Goof up

9: Tests for quality

10: Coral reef formation

11: Feldspar variety

13: Roundabout expression

15: Fuzz

16: Include

17: Banquet figure

20: Belladonna lily

21: Dubbed

22: Small potatoes

24: NPR has none

26: Church group

27: Beatles classic
Down
1: Palindromic preposition

2: Cone producer

3: Member of a rock band

4: Fishy groups?

5: Feed one's face

6: Protective head gear

7: Ill humored

9: Brain picking?

10: They can be deceiving

12: Kept up

14: What a Geiger counter measures

18: Galore

19: Mortarboard items

23: 4-H member, usually

24: Sum up

25: Undercover worker




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