Crossword for Mon, 10/Nov/2008

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Across
1: Prepares this way, dearies (7)

5: Ultimate given in recital by game show hostess (7)

8: Something good made by dwarf barber, perhaps! (6,7)

10: Rolling wave rolls into Rolling Stones song (3,3,4,3)

12: Trap with hands? (3)

13: Crazy to clean sons in awful mess (11)

15: Exchange concealed proprietary knowledge (5,6)

18: Drawing, for example, a bit of a cartoon (3)

19: Vicious return to professional serve reveals the inequality. (13)

21: Ships use up aid at sea; remain in a grave situation (4,2,7)

23: Doctor upset by a German pain-killer (7)

24: Americans look for no revolution (7)

Down
1: Cant this band collect any moss? (7,6)

2: A strain crippled master craftsman (7)

3: Crook skimmed cash register? (3)

4: Facing defeat on court record? (3,4)

5: Alien in spa written up for 'a display of greenness'? (7)

6: Stomach-wobbling menu to follow recipe (5)

7: Pointer is slender, lacking tip (5)

9: Let not passion sway philosophers (3-10)

11: Quick thrust giving a little nudge to sled (5)

14: Pan given back by pastry taster (5)

16: On the way with tureen, tripping over a section of orange (2,5)

17: Quickly assemble dry pail (7)

18: 'Inane' is not the same as 'inane' (7)

19: Ripped off a group of hard-up Edwardians (5)

20: Ordered us his Japanese entree (5)

22: In no state to contain a pregnant virgin? (3)





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