Crossword for Mon, 10/Mar/2008

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Across
1: Scotsman turns to notice drifter (5)

3: Felt strangely about unfinished age-old recorder (9)

8: 27-across about starting off 1-down world unconditionally (2,3,2,4)

10: Fool to join recital (3)

11: Mad? O, yes! Mad dog! (7)

12: Otherwise angered by a fencers call (2,5)

14: Privy to accessibility (11)

18: Former name for joint audition (3)

19: Complain about the horse (3)

20: Hostile warning: one man has captured the queen (11)

21: Giant star, a Newton, gets allowances (7)

23: Unskillful partner wearing gold ring, at first (7)

26: Rascal and wuss taking week off (3)

27: Girl hatches subterfuge in prison tower (11)

29: Snarling assistant to devil worshipers (9)

30: Ironically to the point (5)
Down
1: Sister gets nothing, we hear (3)

2: Gloomy semi-dull firmament (5)

3: Tool placed under sack as a safety precaution (4,5)

4: Entertain one of nine daughters of Mnemosyne (5)

5: Aliens set off (3)

6: Taking the future into consideration, Chaney acquires farmstead (4-5)

7: Carelessly let teeth rot completely (2,3,6)

9: Doctrine for some Kiwis makes sense (3)

11: Support sign for subordinates (11)

13: De Bergerac hugged bird on return (5)

15: Cabaret, nearly empty, takes prize (9)

16: Coal remaining at the end of a month (5)

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

22: Small crewmen back rockets (5)

24: Unprepared, a little gerbil darted the wrong way (2-3)

25: Encourage horse led with direction. (3)

27: Child, bask by the sound (3)

28: Worthless even when recycled (3)




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