Crossword for Fri, 12/Oct/2007

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Across
1: Each retiring bachelor's promise finally cast in stone (7)

5: No saint takes strong drink as a remedy (7)

9: Mann's 'Death in Venice' Dorothy sent up (3)

10: Just grazed the pasty? (4-7)

11: Goes through ere sixpence circulates (11)

14: Short bloke discontinued hike (3)

15: Prohibit an attorney's organization (3)

16: Rule will end in some paper (5)

17: Was sick girl set up? (5)

18: Shadowy woman on 'I Spy' (5)

19: Gas makes one put on weight (5)

20: Uninitiated stoop to finish (3)

22: Freshen the atmosphere (3)

23: Missed hoax set up to trap Sunday drunk outside saloon entrance (4,5,2)

25: Fashion term heartless: Feeling up Blossom (6-2-3)

28: No one told sister (3)

29: 'Rats!' snorted Dotty (7)

30: To hear's possible in this (7)

Down
1: Lead around other green (7)

2: Mr Stewart on the staff (3)

3: Delay yield (5)

4: Cereal vermin seized by superb 16-down (11)

5: Greek characters suggest dawn (3)

6: Its neat for a vessel to have this appearance (9)

7: Sprinted fleetly? (3)

8: Planned modus operandi led in both directions (7)

12: Examiner for each drug addict (7)

13: Sound practical perception is a normal feeling (11)

14: Supremely clever stories, overlaid with humor (7)

16: Uncommon fly on rare plant (5,4)

18: Why give someone a ticking off? (4,3)

21: Dead time after amusement in December (7)

24: Swamp creature resting tail on a rocky outcrop (5)

26: Road without a pole (4)

27: Reportedly is nostalgic for wife (3)

28: Solo, the pilot rises? No way (3)





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