Crossword for Tue, 26/May/2009

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Across
1: Place for plucking

5: Portico's cousin

9: Coagulates

10: Bony-plated beast

11: Telling it like it isn't

12: They get it

13: Comaneci feat

14: End of a private's reply

15: High-priced spreads

18: Retrogress

21: Sometimes you just have to raise it

23: Finished first

24: Addition

25: Online VIP

26: Juicy

28: Part of a regiment

29: Implore

30: Foaming wave
Down
1: It'll give you a lift

2: Showing strong feelings

3: Quits before the king is captured

4: Outer covering

5: Skedaddle

6: Stronghold

7: Zero

8: Spiny-leaved plants

16: Villagers

17: Shore bird

19: Warmup

20: Neon or nobelium, e.g.

21: Place for a rubber duck

22: Flower made of ribbon

24: Bone of contention

27: Dr. Seuss character




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