Crossword for Sat, 12/Aug/2006

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Across
1: Shelter Dracula's heart - he's representing blood-suckers (7)

4: Virginia gets animal to depart quickly (7)

7: Clown with a tail. (3)

8: He adopts park tree (5)

11: Heavy metal group X (4)

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

13: Nits are possibly more unpleasant (7)

15: Feel sick from crack? (3)

16: Hun paid out for French prince (7)

17: Bend in the middle and wind back (3)

18: Thumb Drum? (3)

20: Aspirant describing old road movies? (7)

22: Capture ten heading north (3)

23: At sea I reused what's left (7)

24: Height is equal to three-fifths of the first one (3)

26: Have bananas now (3)

27: Exhausted writer found in street (5)

28: Neither's partner participated in an orchestra (3)

29: Bomb compartment - note damaged weapon (7)

30: To hear's possible in this (7)
Down
1: A cow further down? (5)

2: Therefore, finish off this bit of work (3)

3: Mortified humans - fifty per cent felt great pity (7)

5: Gets bastion rebuilt (7)

6: Essential part of Cayce's power! (3)

8: 7-down relic? (6,5)

9: Organized fatso follows start of precise measurement including pound of seasoning (11)

10: In Germany, the monster returned from the east. (5)

12: Encourage horse led with direction. (3)

14: Just conservative (5)

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

19: Madonna and child in stonework? (7)

20: Hell, he's got the upper hand in tennis (5)

21: Hero-worshipper dancing reel and jig (7)

22: Unappealing environment for a snooze (3)

25: Wooded hillock forming part of Arthur's territory (5)

26: Ball tops over-ripe bananas (3)

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




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