Crossword for Fri, 19/Feb/2010

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Across
1: Sander, too, bothered dust devils (9)

6: Robin Goodfellow's ice hockey requisites (5)

8: Charmed - then dance about (9)

9: Zoom back from the deeps (5)

11: Goes through ere sixpence circulates (11)

13: Pass mould (3)

14: Literary device may be fey? (5)

16: British poet associated with gravity is having a merry time (7)

17: Charged a couple of hundred, getting exploited (7)

20: 'Log-in failed', in technical terms (5)

21: He wrote a bit of poetry! (3)

22: Exchange concealed proprietary knowledge (5,6)

24: Do the young work for long? (5)

27: Detective negotiated nicer post (9)

28: Flower festival is pointless (5)

29: Owned 500 (about right) broken skis in storage locations (4,5)
Down
1: Nick shouts - and theres trouble brewing! (3,5,2,3)

2: Exchange recipe describing a small amount of relish on rolled up taco (11)

3: Oilwell fireman Red's commercial run (5)

4: Float me a loan covering breakfast, perhaps (7)

5: Exotic cider as cocktail (7)

6: Infection leads from partly uncooked steak (3)

7: A hint for the snooker champ? (3)

10: Changes direction with care, as befits a benefactor. (4, 4, 5)

12: Not moving yet (5)

13: The star of 'Ellen' has at folks with substandard morals (11)

15: Cathy's new boat (5)

18: Grovelling to small liberal (7)

19: Sir Reed shot an American novelist (7)

23: Newsman Bradley accepts men, correct? (5)

25: Perform part of play (3)

26: And not in town, ordinarily (3)




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