Crossword for Thu, 9/Feb/2012

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Across
1: Do a verbal tap dance

6: Following

10: Not tied up

11: Tree fluid

12: Subdue

13: Older partner

14: Golden-egg layer

15: Overjoyed

17: Indian axes

19: More than sufficient

20: Be a ham

22: Pertinence

24: Wrath

25: Brown, stew, and serve in sauce

26: Spirit in a bottle

27: Power source

Down
2: Cruise unit

3: You may set it

4: Downstairs, on a ship

5: Humiliate

6: Tap output

7: Lab jobs

8: Understanding

9: Party for sheep shearers?

13: Used to be

15: Gratifying

16: Minor, probably

18: Garden tool

19: Consultant

21: Dolphins' home

23: Take lessons in

25: Finder's charge





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