Crossword for Tue, 16/Jun/2009

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Across
1: Peeled, making Pop embarrassed? (5)

3: Took exception to insult and discharged editor (9)

8: Note vehicle in picture puzzle (5)

10: Its very like a mess; rebel appears at fault (9)

11: The color of a letter from Greece with purple edges (5)

12: Motorist to welcome hailing? (3-6)

13: Complain about the horse (3)

14: We hear you cannot pay, so you can't smell. (9)

18: Please get tough about rising average temperature (9)

19: Crew member is one in operating room (3)

21: Loud noise covers a little line by Bette Davis (4,1,4)

23: Headless rodent left by bird (5)

24: That may be reversed, but his son sits around pointlessly. (4,2,3)

26: Full house often enough to secure this young pet (5)

27: Set cruise-ship for the puritan (4-5)

28: Excessively sentimental dunderhead in the river (5)
Down
1: Joke about girl and a protestant (7)

2: Dotty rides around corrals with someone who passes out (9)

3: Cost very little when companion partied wildly outside (4,5)

4: Walesa still embodies how Nobel Laureates soar? (3)

5: Gantry in Hilton Hotel, Mermaid Beach (5)

6: See its violent broadcast? (10,3)

7: Wants Lucy's husband to retire shortly (7)

9: Rocks lure a breeding fish (4,9)

15: Hornblower found a strange dog hidden by a hill (9)

16: Sounds like I hit it into orbit (3,6)

17: To fascinate a disagreeable female we turned in (7)

20: Genuine assistance for the auditor is passed on (7)

22: Gershwin comes back on train with tortured spirit (5)

25: No one told sister (3)




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