Crossword for Wed, 11/Feb/2009

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Across
1: Tidy up and clean floor finally and decisively (4,3,3,3)

9: Fit in cave after tea (7)

10: The rate changed at movie house (7)

11: Rings for the groups (5)

13: Prohibition back in to grab media (7)

14: Again assemble woven rope rug (7)

17: Sells rides on a bicycle, from the sound of it (7)

19: Shorten a spine with boron injection (7)

20: Siamese toolmakers reportedly in colorful clothing (3-4)

22: Vie with prisoner and nurse (7)

25: Calculated average time (5)

27: Gingrich said Reagan should not be charged. (7)

28: Small hound, Prince, doesnt finish? Thats right (7)

30: Beat it and ran, for example, with Girl Scout ingredients (9,4)

Down
1: Mistakenly reboot C: in spooky month (7)

2: Accepted rules for an inside con (5)

3: Song is a gas (3)

4: Beat outright a small French romantic (5)

5: In a pickle about where one should apply the acne cream (2,3,4)

6: Acid destroyed brace (5)

7: Subsequent supporter for Sideways (9)

8: Our visa, perhaps for divers (7)

12: Words can be arranged to be cutting. (5)

15: Measuring exotic flowers (9)

16: Name assumed to be no dupe's my disguise (9)

18: Imagine 500 papers in a bundle (5)

19: Goes up when five score goals (7)

21: Fathers admitting a couple of atrocious spoofs (7)

23: Discussed one who broadcasts mistake (5)

24: City train bears the woman's name (5)

26: Getting old drink in silver container (5)

29: Road without a pole (4)





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