Crossword for Tue, 4/Dec/2012

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Across
1: 'Sure thing!'

3: Part of a Boy Scout's uniform

9: Upper limit

10: Caesar salad ingredient

11: Fitness center equipment

13: Like Schubert's music, e.g.

14: Long, long time

15: Poseidon's place

16: Word with a mistaken apostrophe, often

17: Fall guy

18: Dunderheads

19: Curling target

20: Basketry twig

21: Vote checkers

22: Egyptian tourist attraction

25: Range of vision

27: Takes back

28: Minor decline
Down
1: Thanksgiving staple

2: 'Sweet' age

3: Egotistical conversationalist

4: Express sympathy

5: Slim swimmer

6: Siamese or Persian

7: Spiny lizards

8: Most puzzle constructors

11: Idol worshipper?

12: Outside consultants?

13: State of needing a drink

17: Ear bone

19: Got a new canine?

23: Brief author's submissions

24: Scheduled

26: Helpful hint




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