Crossword for Fri, 17/Oct/2008

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Across
1: Most in side swim in Derbys river (9)

5: Language of first and last detective (5)

8: Busted on a journey destined for the Orient (9)

10: How St. Nick's feeling lateral extremities in delight (5)

11: One Miss Horn takes a tumble with guys having outlaw spirits (11)

13: Unappealing environment for a snooze (3)

15: Mark ate cut up bananas with a dash of nutmeg (9)

17: Dizzy Ben is a playwright (5)

18: Bad call involving entrance to our neighborhood (5)

20: Evil colleague, for example, breaking in contrary to law (9)

22: Aliens set off (3)

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

24: Stories least translated (5)

25: Patrick Team cooked chicken (5,4)

27: Stopped and looked after blowing top (5)

28: Part of lower body is slow to make laws (9)
Down
1: Employ heart-broken Spartans where disaster came to pass. (11)

2: Small piece of fish (3)

3: Exegesis of clue an idiot misunderstood (11)

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

5: A strike about fair regulating (9)

6: New Testament stories about gifts (7)

7: Call initially communicates real yearning (3)

9: Made clear how in directions (5)

12: Girl mostly into turning inside out - it's never ending! (11)

14: 28 Invitation for man to get a cent on November 5? (5,3,3,3)

16: If forced, see idle TV broadcast (9)

19: Actors were first to have moved on board (7)

21: Tours river, merging initial impressions with remembered legends (5)

24: Draw the knot (3)

25: Short bloke discontinued hike (3)

26: One final, huge Greek goddess (3)




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