Crossword for Tue, 24/Mar/2009

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Across
1: Some leading trios are essentially reenacting poems (4,5)

6: Serious lout (5)

9: Gantry in Hilton Hotel, Mermaid Beach (5)

10: Monumental spasm surrounding one bronze (7)

11: Doctor singes off top of sore and bandages (9)

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

15: Grill when involved in corruption (5)

17: Ill-conceived encore run for Edward VIII, say (9)

19: By no means the cleverest, anyway (9)

20: Containers holding top-grade instruments (5)

21: Clown with a tail. (3)

22: Red Square leaders picking up wild stories with electronic gear (9)

24: Computer screen is OK with time sped up (7)

27: Top communicator qualified to produce telegram (5)

28: Martin Short's next-to-last? Disgusting (5)

29: Evidently, the French are mixing heavenly (9)
Down
1: Castle ran out of ones forebears (9)

2: Improve me back end (5)

3: Exciting moment, actor as reviewer (11)

4: Ceases running features about Republican in serious trouble (4,7)

5: Take Chair in university (3)

6: However, you expect trouble at first (3)

7: Coach bans macho fooling around (6,3)

8: Madison's statue (5)

12: Crazy to clean sons in awful mess (11)

13: Check strong drink of 22-acrosss bold alter ego (5,6)

16: A nice gal's gone for a pain reliever (9)

18: New York decries eccentric period of medical training (9)

21: More extensive extra, right? (5)

23: Melodious vocal rendition of musical composition (5)

25: Attempt test (3)

26: Infection leads from partly uncooked steak (3)




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