Crossword for Thu, 23/Jul/2009

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Across
1: Equips for attacks (4)

3: Escalating naked conflict (3)

5: Top dog in hiding from distemper organisms (7)

9: Evil colleague, for example, breaking in contrary to law (9)

10: Wants - in fact, just has to have (5)

11: Kowtow endlessly, awfully neglectful (9)

13: Fill-in professional almost rewrote the column (5)

15: Inactive side (3)

16: Farmyard creatures defining an unlikely story? (4,3,4)

19: Black arts and demons concerned with Homer's issue? (4,7)

20: Concealed hot part of psyche (3)

21: Uncharacteristically, Dickenson pens uplifting romantic ballad (5)

23: Do another version of Kerouac's work (2,3,4)

26: Containers holding top-grade instruments (5)

28: A state, see - one in America - one with an American capital (9)

30: One might be uplifted if a cockney spoke of arts such as opera. (7)

31: Pate topping primarily honey and tamari? (3)

32: Choose to take the top off (3)
Down
1: That terrific ingot has a sweetener (5)

2: No hefty role at sea for ship-launcher (5,2,4)

3: Clown with a tail. (3)

4: German poet in anger tying up Kay (5)

5: Nationals eating spy? Gross! (9)

6: Writing mate loses head and becomes confused about punishment (5)

7: Fish spawn upstream in little orifices (3)

8: He appeared to cross-breed elms. (9)

12: Concentrate on projectionist chore (5)

14: Put hot cocoa out for someone glued to the TV (5,6)

15: Upset bee lit out from underground imprisonment (9)

17: Judges made this committee cut lawn around Monday (6,3)

18: Ball mislaid? Caned (5)

22: Ray is a guy who just loafs around, so people say (5)

24: Without a rabbi a long depression is hard to bear (5)

25: Preliminary form of conscription (5)

27: Later round without an opponent (3)

29: Inflexible yet adjusted (3)




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