Crossword for Thu, 10/Aug/2006

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Across
1: Fancied poem composed in comfort (5,2,4)

5: Neil lost a letter and ended up with nothing (3)

7: What's left when you burn the tree (3)

8: One who takes after beggarman (5)

9: Odds of niece being born (3)

10: Taverns quoted cool clique (3)

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

13: Come to Korea - Chinese part (5)

15: Irregular bouts of activity suit beach scrubbers (4,3,6)

17: Clearly notes Earths at a particular compass point (4-5-4)

22: Pitchers were transported south (5)

24: Rule will end in some paper (5)

26: Nothing we have to pay (3)

27: Perfect counter-spy equipment (3)

29: Composer employed in hotel garage (5)

30: Fiction position (3)

31: Direct object (3)

32: Ruby ran off to marry after a couple of events came to light again (11)
Down
1: Page with scope for truism (9)

2: Dilapidated sofa contained initially some hot embers: something's burnt remains. (5, 2)

3: Make money and set out to be serious (7)

4: Delay yield (5)

5: No one told sister (3)

6: Old physician in sheltered church (5)

8: Clean oneself, but in reverse (3)

12: Mr Stewart on the staff (3)

14: Song is a gas (3)

16: Piece of pottery containing drink to make beast tender (9)

18: Without it, set call for recompense (3)

19: Right, turn right to play with robot (3)

20: Almost admire Mr. Gore, a naval officer (7)

21: Ace swallows pastry tart (7)

22: Out of context rather more than is necessary (5)

23: Navigate by terse directions (5)

25: 4-down Arias hit high note in some of the lungs (3,3)

28: Plan to return with woman (3)




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