Crossword for Wed, 6/Feb/2008

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Across
2: Rules

5: Unskilled writers

8: One between second and third

10: Get nosy

11: Don't just chide

12: Gated places

14: Blocked

15: It's used for shots

16: Not right

19: Prickly shrub

21: Subjects of wills

22: Playground equipment

23: Brooding type?

24: Sliding effect in music

25: Well-groomed

26: With rage

Down
1: Waiter's deduction (Part 2)

2: Adult

3: Cure baldness?

4: Homo __

5: Insincere ladies' men

6: Cassette player gismo

7: Devious

9: Flabbergasted

13: Its depth is illusory

17: Afternoon theater performance

18: Layered dish

19: Topping

20: Cajolery

23: Boasts





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