Crossword for Sun, 13/Apr/2008

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Across
1: Dirty Targa term is a four-letter word (9)

6: Rabbit (male) with nest of bunnies? (5)

9: Bright-sounding agenda touches on heavyweight legend (5,6)

10: See, you are a cad. (3)

11: Some of the best came stumbling south (5)

12: Slippery deck spots are on either side (9)

14: In no state to contain a pregnant virgin? (3)

15: Mr Stewart on the staff (3)

16: Fix the oil platform ... (3)

17: Cleaning aid possessed by Fragonard (3)

19: Pronounced ability to smell negative votes (3)

20: Period email feature (3)

21: Bumped into yours truly at junction (3).

22: In the manner of a girl (3)

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

25: One who heals despicable person on TV hospital program (5)

26: Help found in Adelaide. (3)

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

29: Scrimmage as Confederate general introduces himself to Tarzan? (5)

30: Very brave, Dorothy's starting without Em perhaps? (9)

Down
1: Deviant animals mutated to this creature (9,5)

2: Projects finally house guys in camps (9)

3: Starts to actually believe you survived snake pit (5)

4: For Proust, life's purpose springs from remembrance of a torn desire (6,5)

5: Ran into a section of the time-table (3)

6: Clear vision of no assistance (9)

7: sliced again with cuter swing (5)

8: Notes spent in Germany (5)

13: Left with pal carrying new gold case (11)

15: Bluff included in reckless dare in ivy league college (9)

17: Change order: Raise scope (9)

18: Creates nucleotide sequences, written about time after time (9)

23: Lear tangled with leader of Middle Kingdom (5)

24: Sing gist of laudatory ode loudly (5)

25: Me, in bed with heavenly body? (5)

28: Road without a pole (4)





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