Crossword for Sat, 24/Jan/2009

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Across
3: Pest exterminators [up to 112 pounds]

7: Used a spade

8: Big books

11: Zola's literary style

12: Develop slowly, as an idea

13: Whiskey component

14: Trigonometric function

15: Scooby-Doo encounter

18: Necessitates

22: Prepare for a new career

23: Low

24: Rider on a crowded subway car

25: Unit of oil production, briefly

26: Carpenters visit them

Down
1: Back

2: Nonsense

3: Novels, for example

4: Daydreaming

5: Act of deliberate betrayal

6: Questionable

9: Scot-free

10: Goofy

15: Shade provider

16: Late bloomer

17: Gad about

19: Times of service

20: Wets one's whistle

21: Thin varnish used in finishing





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