Crossword for Mon, 23/Mar/2009

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Across
1: Provoke Church of Scotland's absent leader (3)

3: Girl mostly into turning inside out - it's never ending! (11)

8: I see marks on jumbled party favors (11)

10: First company get rest when they come to a stop. (5)

11: Thoroughly dismissed - twice! (3,3,3)

12: Loses ones extraordinary flexibility (9)

13: Leaf in fancy plate (5)

15: Removes from office and bags (5)

16: Increase in force may finish in soccer riot (9)

19: Worms grab venture capital (9)

21: Large vessel is berthed in China or Taiwan (5)

22: Bill board reflected family meal extra (5,6)

23: Bobbed beneath in playful attempt to drown journalist. (6, 5)

24: Sound of river crossing (3)
Down
1: Even I help 100 elves save five (9)

2: Cook ran; ragout spilled; one might jump to conclusions here? (8,5)

3: Curse the watcher hiding terrible evil within. (3)

4: Eeyore's nasty, and an ugly thing (7)

5: Sheds last one carelessly (4-3)

6: Firm rear end (5)

7: and 15 Novel alternative excised from huge spits (5,12)

9: Drive away roofing material before farmhouse becomes a target area (8,5)

14: Behold! Desperate alkie has a double (4-5)

16: Fellow put on English gold hat (7)

17: Ephemeral deity guards precious stone (7)

18: Church conceals torture instrument before king; it could be explosive. (7)

19: As one lacking a vice (5)

20: Reliable, timeless jet (5)




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