Crossword for Wed, 17/Mar/2010

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Across
2: Words can be arranged to be cutting. (5)

5: Spot stick-in-the-mud Republican with fan (7)

9: Revolution -- or small-time? (5)

10: Country refuge for prison's last under-jailer (7)

11: Attempted to have him brought to trial. (5)

13: Harm from dent encompassing front of exterior trim (9)

14: Limbaugh, getting into cable, is liable to be overwhelmed (9)

16: One who regrets having left leader (5)

18: Observed no Knight (5)

19: Censured someone who's gentle as a Kennedy (9)

20: To make matters worse, Georgia left before Virginia, slipping into a series of heavy metal bars (9)

23: A place where you can spend the night in Turkey, and rise a Byzantine (5)

25: Audible attempt to get clique cut in three (7)

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

27: Law office biggie shows average golf score, returning dollars for quarters? (7)

28: Fittingly, use following heart transplant (5)
Down
1: Refuse to obey a French hooligan (5)

2: Handle small round piece of charcoal (9)

3: Cot is unmade for short month in fall (3)

4: Old-fashioned pastor has dined inside (5)

5: Rita Mears breaks wind near a plane (9)

6: Trespass upon a moniker exploited by commercials (4,7)

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

8: French king rested after a tumble and swaggered (9)

12: Hoarded tiny bits of dryness (11)

14: A muskmelon or cola nut pa sliced (9)

15: Later on, does dance with a lay-person? (9)

17: Subsequent supporter for Sideways (9)

21: Swamp creature resting tail on a rocky outcrop (5)

22: Out of context rather more than is necessary (5)

24: Uncharacteristically, Dickenson pens uplifting romantic ballad (5)

26: Abridged fibre project (3)




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