Crossword for Sun, 23/Jul/2006

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Across
1: Hazardous emanation from river used by a crime boss (5)

4: Insured copter Ted crashed (9)

9: Cull out from top ten (3)

10: Half disapprove of old king (3)

11: Kingdom very mountainous at first (5)

12: Eat or drink after the dollar improves (5,2)

13: The time before the first woman (3)

14: Guess what the benighted marksman did? (4,2,3,4)

18: He explored star (7,6)

20: Draw the knot (3)

21: Gets in boats at sea (7)

24: Unprepared, a little gerbil darted the wrong way (2-3)

25: Equips for attacks (4)

26: Anger that is constraining response (3)

27: Rev. Spooner says 'The person massaging Reagan is illiterate' (3-6)

28: Drink from fractured pipes (5)
Down
2: Period email feature (3)

3: Transfixes the finger-tips (5)

4: Accommodate bear (3,2)

5: At last eating, I'm finally getting better (2,3,4)

6: Weird canal echo (5)

7: A humorous writer or two (5)

8: Curse the mother country? (9)

9: Ball tops over-ripe bananas (3)

14: Town's rail transport, not express? (9)

15: Leaders of Orioles and Rangers stick in the dugout? (3)

16: Sailors used to rely on this condensation collected in column at edge of deck (5,4)

17: Implement box for young cat (3)

19: Gripped by instrument, a longish claw (5)

20: Story about a little boy -- save for later discussion (5)

21: Mom going topless--that's something else (5)

22: Flower, large one, set up outside (5)

23: Hear Native American appeal (3)

26: Rascal and wuss taking week off (3)




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