Crossword for Sun, 9/Dec/2007

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Across
1: Healed

4: Twisted an arm, perhaps

9: 'The Santa Clause' extra

10: They're hot

11: Insincere ladies' men

14: Kind of garden

16: Community spirit

18: Eagle's nest

19: Indemnifications

21: The story of my life?

23: Construction site creation

26: Seamstress's sticker

28: Unsoundness

29: Egyptian pictograph
Down
1: Prop for 'The Hustler'

2: Telescope type

3: Apply lightly

4: Tough nut to crack

5: Tangled

6: Impresario Hurok

7: Projection spools

8: Repudiates

11: Center of activity

12: It doesn't go in circles

13: Spectacles, e.g.

15: Coordination centers

17: Deep-fried cornbread ball

18: Defendant

20: Artful

21: Pile up

22: Willow twig

24: Service charge

25: Practical joke

27: 'Uh uh'




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