Crossword for Fri, 20/Mar/2009

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Across
1: Seize marijuana that's changing it's last stop (5)

4: Tender command (3)

6: Hesper's fresh fields (7)

7: Mata Hari flitting around eastern part of old Palestine (9)

9: Sorry, Nine-A is stupid (7)

11: Greek characters suggest dawn (3)

12: First and most powerful male (5)

Down
2: Residue has scattered (3)

3: Pita with pickled caper for each person (3,6)

4: Hellish painter spoke piffle (5)

5: Speak aloud about tic in fruit (7)

6: Actor's second, and putting on a mad snit (5-2)

8: Mother is outside with Muslim priests (5)

10: One politician's a brat (3)





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