Crossword for Thu, 13/Sep/2007

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Across
1: One who takes after beggarman (5)

4: Strangely, some limbs suffer from blood clots. (9)

8: Infection leads from partly uncooked steak (3)

9: Clearances for the first couple of characters to find answers. (11)

11: Dexterity is an insult, so we hear (7)

13: Resistance to change is smart; it's going back in time (7)

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

16: Agent accepts mere garbage for contract (9)

19: Heels were repaired in another place (9)

20: Plan to return with woman (3)

22: Al, Ron's a poor loser (4-3)

24: Shout it out loud - alternatively, mutter quietly (7)

26: 28 Invitation for man to get a cent on November 5? (5,3,3,3)

28: at peoples uptown bar for starters? (3)

29: Detective negotiated nicer post (9)

30: Blow the whistle on the end of Chinese burn (5)
Down
1: Sort of collection to compose print (7)

2: Paper boy? (5)

3: Hybrid language or slang with fair translation (9)

4: One final, huge Greek goddess (3)

5: Hostile warning: one man has captured the queen (11)

6: Flower inducing forgetfulness in vaudeville theater (5)

7: Pictures capturing Ranger's first excellent baseball player (9)

10: Host played in the pool around four, finally (5)

12: Rejecting crew's work on board, you rest at the stern (8,3)

15: Doctor singes off top of sore and bandages (9)

17: Former husbands surrounding prettier performers (9)

18: Call girl sting nabs head of Moral Majority (5)

21: Bill is taken in by drug smuggler being inconstant (7)

23: Re: bands, unfinished hymn, a type of poetry (5)

25: Call unexpectedly, find Dad at home! (3,2)

27: Start reducing salt? (3)




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