Crossword for Fri, 12/Dec/2008

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Across
1: Shinny up and start to cut branch (5)

4: Beauty stripping top and bottom is an additional feature (3)

6: Later round without an opponent (3)

7: Argument in the meeting (5)

8: Healer making solemn statement about upcoming writers (9)

10: Hell, he's got the upper hand in tennis (5)

12: Nightwear and jersey top added in afterthought (3)

13: Three kernels of copper-yellow grain (3)

14: Piece of wisdom from a quiet aristocrat (5)

Down
2: Powerless to move, as shiner tremendously shows (5)

3: Making Athenian weaver drink an informal toast (7,2)

4: Sheep to start wallowing in ease (3)

5: Shelter Dracula's heart - he's representing blood-suckers (7)

6: Sibling rivalry's beginning - worry about it (7)

9: A pal is upset by derisive expression (5)

11: Pass mould (3)





Solution (Reversed)
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L
E
B
M
I
L
C
E
W
O
N
E
M
E
H
T
E
Y
B
C
T
R
R
H
T
A
P
O
E
T
S
O
E
L
M
T
S
J
P
S
E
D
A
H
H
U
I
E
L
R
A
E
P
E
Y
R