Crossword for Tue, 23/Jun/2009

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Across
1: Sailor seen in meager nighttime illumination (9)

6: Faith in Osiris, lamentably (5)

9: Don't encourage satellite pace to slacken. (11)

10: Its a firm, small lettuce (3)

11: Writer producing page behind a king (9)

12: 4-down Arias hit high note in some of the lungs (3,3)

13: Allow meathead into mine opening (5)

15: Down by one shot (5)

16: Perfect counter-spy equipment (3)

17: Bounder beheaded by slippery swimmer (3)

18: English lead getting into the pants of guys (5)

21: Timid gentleman clutches fly (5)

22: Club with space for some money (3)

23: Flat fish and fruit alone (5,4)

25: I shall be sick! (3)

26: Alice, Val or 10-across exploit lotus-eating? (2,5,4)

28: Regretted backing up grasping tip of massive object (5)

29: 20-down 21-down to rush a grand relly (18)
Down
1: Begins seeing another divorcee? Deplorable. (3)

2: Singers in a special Tosca production (5)

3: Biggest rat's leg is deformed (7)

4: The basis of coffee remainders (7)

5: Dogged pamphlet for the auditor (7)

6: Not being particular, Xena and I moved to Connecticut (7)

7: Cut material had value (9)

8: 7-down relic? (6,5)

11: Fancied poem composed in comfort (5,2,4)

14: A language one may read about (9)

18: One who tempts peril grabbing leopard's head (7)

19: Deceived, died, dodged (7)

20: Finally sews more lavish embroidery (7)

21: African president to supply workforce with New Deal? (7)

24: . . . or working with one group of stars (5)

27: In the manner of a girl (3)




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