Crossword for Sat, 20/Oct/2007

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Across
1: Wives' strange ideas (5)

4: Little Digger pens sailboat drawing sheets (6,3)

9: Goes bad and accepts never-ending abuses of the system (5)

10: Study a French instrument - it's a puzzle (9)

11: Uninitiated stoop to finish (3)

13: One final, huge Greek goddess (3)

14: Englishman opening a can to dine at home (3,2)

15: Put a new value on what secret agent is hiding (5)

16: Material wealth (9)

19: Uncle Rod's awful rascal (9)

21: Heavenly visitor to arrive on time (5)

23: First confession left the listener feeling no doubt (5)

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

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

26: Astonishing bird swallows bit of toast (9)

27: Neil Armstrong initially brought back extraterrestrial (5)

28: Syrian mother with a part in a play (9)

29: Factory to unveil cheap lantern part (5)

Down
1: Green coat for Italian composer and Spanish painter (9)

2: Make money and set out to be serious (7)

3: Walesa still embodies how Nobel Laureates soar? (3)

4: Win, or find an heir (9)

5: Birds in the wilderness (5)

6: Mend a split state (11)

7: Proper wordplay describing actress Moreno (7)

8: Weir contacting Hollywood star (5)

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

17: Bird dog devouring bad lad (4,5)

18: Perhaps men sit and eat in a cafe (9)

20: Too many weapons perhaps for this type of bowling! (7)

22: Wine and cheese brought back by Gershwin? (7)

23: Looked over recording that included Sea Change (5)

24: Part of speech idealists rebuke (5)

27: Height is equal to three-fifths of the first one (3)





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