Crossword for Tue, 1/May/2012

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Across
1: Reads novel for loved ones (5)

4: Head off switchboard operator's request for rental (9)

9: Pests in a census? Distorted. (9)

11: Priestess betrays Sen. Kefauver (5)

12: One who lives under bridges and eats billy goats and fish (5)

13: NBC drama becomes art in imperial fair (9)

14: Begin suspecting like you're clever (3)

15: Western retreat satisfactory, accepted by canoeists and surfers? (3,8)

16: Arranged date in Cairo means extermination (11)

21: Backblock not all there (3)

22: Imparting zest to DiFranco wedding (9)

24: Old-time Persian country radio stations? (5)

26: Great stories about spice (5)

27: Yours truly, with Bill, tossed oil at Captain Steroid (9)

28: Returned, blushing about departure (9)

29: A large sailor's arresting cry (5)
Down
1: Brand on utilitarian stocking: 'Krispy Kreme' (5)

2: Any environment for car maintenance (7)

3: Superficial passage stuck into pig (7)

5: African leader reversed stance on fabled writer (5)

6: Something one has to face: We're boy crazy! (7)

7: Remodeled studio with a touch of erotica on the exterior (7)

8: End is close, doctor surreptitiously revealed (9)

10: Shinny up and start to cut branch (5)

14: Show sadness when fruit gets cut out (4,1,4)

17: One's in a band on the way up (7)

18: Part of American's eerie pronouncement after a miracle (1,3,3)

19: Contrarily accepted gold slab (5)

20: French mate in a bin tossed around South African republic (7)

21: Bond's boss to refer to turned-up bone (7)

23: Brand of cat food containing bird's head and feet (5)

25: Tie torn coats (7)




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