Crossword for Thu, 14/Jun/2012

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Across
1: Penniless meal is fantastic (5)

4: Defective gas meters for people who take chances (9)

9: Start reducing salt? (3)

10: Trashy dime novel about American sex symbol who's not all there? (5,2,4)

11: Mystic eats piece of donut in ritual meal (5)

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

13: Stop-Go see funny type of march! (5,4)

15: Discussed one who broadcasts mistake (5)

17: Whacked repeatedly in the ear (5)

19: Over 24 hours, Parisian street may feel remorse (3,3,3)

22: Beneficial to lose funny inside. Who? Me? (9)

24: Common thread uniting New York and half of London (5)

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

28: Later round without an opponent (3)

30: Reborn near different perfume (9)

31: Nasal quality essentially irritates Vera (5)

Down
1: Take Chair in university (3)

2: Peeled, making Pop embarrassed? (5)

3: In a dream I venerate clothing (7)

4: Trap with hands? (3)

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

6: Encase most of the Ashes wrongly (7)

7: Choice among novel items (5)

8: Beginning to send poor around north and south for support (7)

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

12: Don't encourage satellite pace to slacken. (11)

14: Inactive side (3)

16: Bloody bored inside (3)

17: Hang around and look at that old Roman road (6)

18: Stops trains and big trucks (7)

20: ...implies it hasn't changed (5,2)

21: Club with space for some money (3)

23: . . . or working with one group of stars (5)

25: I got by in Los Angeles or a North African state (5)

27: Choose to take the top off (3)

29: Encourage horse led with direction. (3)





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