Crossword for Thu, 13/Mar/2008

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Across
1: Nolte, in movie 'Emergency Room,' is one eating on the grass (9)

6: Listening to playwright's baloney (5)

9: Child can be heard getting out of bed at dawn. (3, 2)

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

11: Wants - in fact, just has to have (5)

12: Requires five kills, or a single accurate shot. (3)

13: Strange set-back overwhelms blundering bravado (7-2)

15: Correspondence from landlords (7)

17: Makes poor reproductive material in watering holes (7)

18: Ancient historian understood America (7)

20: Thirteenth in a series, ER's about an Aussie racketeer who took repeated slams? (7)

22: Healer making solemn statement about upcoming writers (9)

24: Choose to take the top off (3)

25: Valuable coat of arms positioned (5)

27: And not in town, ordinarily (3)

28: How to secure man-haters at last (5)

29: He told tales about a love with foresight. (5)

30: Classic Australian theatre patrons shocked in Dee Why (4,5)

Down
2: Mend a split state (11)

3: Mischievous child learning to beg (7)

4: I hear you require a massage. (5)

5: Concerning story can be made good (9)

6: Piano finale not determined (7)

7: Grant loud colour (3)

8: Stupidly sits in ice, snow with Packers fans? (13)

9: A little sports car, let to harassed Southern belle (8,5)

14: Mary-Jane crochets her Pop a jumper (11)

16: Bore spotted outside of U.S. (9)

19: Pair are only a short distance from the dance (3-4)

21: He got ripped exhibiting selfish behavior (3,4)

23: Within, another onerous marsh bird (5)

26: Call for help oddly stops (3)





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