Crossword for Thu, 13/Mar/2008

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Across
1: Jumping-off place?

7: Egyptian cobra

9: 'Sledgehammer' singer Gabriel

10: Current regulators

11: Rocks, at a bar

12: Selected at random

13: Painting site

15: Screen Superman

16: Neckwear item

19: Peter Jennings, e.g.

23: Clan members

25: Lobster's egg mass, e.g.

26: Brain seeker of film

27: Rump or round cut

28: Mule's sire

29: Ophthalmologist's supply
Down
1: More foolish

2: Opposite of charge

3: Recount

4: Dumb clucks

5: Open-eyed

6: Heartache

7: Dissect

8: Attitudinizes

14: It helps level the playing field?

16: Loss of memory

17: Short snoozes

18: Oar-propelled galley

20: Femme fatale

21: Do the voice-over

22: San Juan celebrations

24: Spine-chilling




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