Crossword for Sat, 2/Feb/2008

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Across
1: Old hippie to attend reunion of kin (7)

3: Compensation check matures (7)

7: Hot and sultry, stripping right in current (7)

10: Bad cons make a break and run away (7)

11: Distinct identity based in circumstance (7)

12: Encircle waffle (5)

13: Bishop has support from this criminal (5)

15: Bring ashore German notes with famous features (9)

18: A couple of olives in drink for billiards area (4,5)

19: Write off aggregate (5)

21: Wooded hillock forming part of Arthur's territory (5)

23: First punch in the middle of the little beast, then take a look at it. (7)

25: Sound measure when Bec lied badly (7)

26: Thirteenth in a series, ER's about an Aussie racketeer who took repeated slams? (7)

27: Publicity about Bohr dissolutely led to drink.(7)

28: Laid up, Emma joins senior exercise club and complains loudly (7)

Down
1: Flower - say, in Victoria's province - to raise (9)

2: There was little space in the satanic heresy. (5)

3: Novel deviance in the movie? (5,2,6)

4: Doctor about to operate reflected carefully (5)

5: Ball-horses are travellers! (5-8)

6: Rushes for middle of glossed lip (5)

8: Logical oil Polish chap applied (13)

9: Something good made by mini drink packer! (6,7)

14: Implement box for young cat (3)

16: Ran into a section of the time-table (3)

17: Drunk feeding passes to receivers (5,4)

20: Bored after meals? (3,2)

22: Jewish leader second in the shower (5)

24: Check about a form of power (5)





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