Crossword for Thu, 2/Nov/2006

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Across
1: Record Buttrose with acidity in her final judgment (7)

5: Path of planet - or particle (5)

9: Edited schematic religious text (9)

10: . . . before the last apprentice is put in the ground (5)

11: Vet theatre opening 8-down (3)

12: Torch is terrible when head is in the sand. (7)

13: Ball tops over-ripe bananas (3)

14: Begins seeing another divorcee? Deplorable. (3)

15: Balance a small plate (5)

19: Six points making a case for one in good shape (5)

20: Couple in arduous dispute (3)

21: Agree to make Lucifer wicked? (3)

22: Agent returned carrying yen in a container (7)

24: Plan to return with woman (3)

25: Interprets, for the audience, the woodwinds (5)

27: State nominates reformer (9)

28: Snoopy, no? Yes, in retrospect (5)

29: Seedy lawyer is short on rest, disturbed (7)

Down
2: Feeling threatened, suggested concealing identity (11)

3: Unintentionally thwarting each other during crucifixion. (2, 5, 8)

4: Disturbance is the robbery (5)

6: Spirited when its sunny yet windy (6,3,6)

7: Half disapprove of old king (3)

8: It may be used in candy or brought back in taxi (5)

11: Caught carrying oregano's essence in inhalers (5)

13: Upset top duo; I went and confessed (5,2,2,2)

16: Perform part of play (3)

17: Age of neo-catastrophe? (3)

18: Against space race effect (5)

21: Girl with an odd manor (5)

23: Has great success taking in an unspecified number of intimates (5)

26: Going after the final piece of puzzle for a very long time (3)





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