Pieces of Eight

Matthew Nickerson


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ACROSS
DOWN
1    Touchy feline backs up in front of
        bathroom floor (7)
5    Do as mixed sodium bicarbonate (4)
6    Drab chuckle between 1000 and 1001 (5)
7    Adam's son not handicapped? (4)
8    Uhm... Abraham's homeland? (2)
9    General Electric is changing auspices. (4)
10    Huh!? Snake crawls into gap. (4)
12    The Unites States, not them (2)
14    Goat chewed Plato's robe? (4)
15    Fat lady's gig unravels a rope (5)
16    Idiot in spotlight withers (4)
17    As a neck twisted sideways (7)

1    Puke at tangled reel (6)
2    Cobalt + Aluminum = Carbon (4)
3    Ceramic in Germany contains glaze (5)
4    NASA spent willy-nilly in passing (9)
5    Utopian village brutally hangs liar (9)
9    This tea in Spanish hacienda (6)
11    He's first in a stocking.  Surprise! (5)
13    Legume hit with flying object (4)