Crossword for Sat, 11/Jul/2009

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Across
1: Behind and down and out (3)

3: Trashy dime novel about American sex symbol who's not all there? (5,2,4)

9: May voyage a spell (7)

10: Headlight providing well-to-do person a start for high level flight (7)

11: Plan to return with woman (3)

12: Crook skimmed cash register? (3)

14: North African port with more flavour (7)

15: First of all, you undercooked my meat; I enjoy roast more flavorful (7)

16: Dangle South American flags halfway (7)

18: Unidentified street across the Mountains (7)

20: Starting off, bent charm (7)

23: Original caliph adds brave face to UK/Arab struggle (3-4)

26: Root for mounting might (3)

27: Tweak with wrong end of a pin (3)

28: Sheds last one carelessly (4-3)

29: Make mistake with a check, largely irregular (7)

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

31: Beauty stripping top and bottom is an additional feature (3)

Down
1: Yap about overdue wages (4,3)

2: Little woman at her lowest point (7)

3: Father backed $1,000,000 quote for red (9)

4: Unappealing environment for a snooze (3)

5: Left a port near Dubrovnik (5)

6: Tiny bit of self-interest (5)

7: Extraordinary oldies I greatly revere (7)

8: Expressed willingness to be away before start of day (7)

13: It's big where some Ambassadors are at? (5)

16: Shabby but virile? (5)

17: Scores may appear amongst the trees (9)

18: Exhibition is all-inclusive and superficial (7)

19: Reportedly regret cutting remark in quarrel (7)

21: Shes said to be funambulists best friend (7)

22: Hot and sultry, stripping right in current (7)

24: Head man loses head over flower (5)

25: Repair stitching that flares Ewok cloaks (5)

29: The time before the first woman (3)





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