Crossword for Fri, 26/Feb/2010

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Across
2: Insincere ladies' men

9: Core of an ear

10: Medical test control substance

11: Readily forged kind of iron

13: En ___ (all together)

15: Surgery is rarely recommended for it these days

17: Send packing

19: Smidge

20: Steps within a computer program

21: Protection

23: Subscription cards, e.g.

24: Completely bonkers

26: Fodder holder

28: Change
Down
1: Injured by tearing

2: '___ Town Too' (1981 hit for James Taylor and J.D. Souther)

3: Pizzeria need

4: Check

5: Iterative

6: Morning rouser

7: Before of yore

8: Driftwood site

11: Blowhard

12: Loafer

14: Another helping

16: Takeoff experts

18: Longing for ''the good old days''

21: 'The Dark Side of the Moon,' e.g.

22: Type of whale

25: Hamelin vermin

26: 'Uh uh'

27: Commuter's option




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