Crossword for Thu, 24/Sep/2009

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Across
1: spoilt kid on far from good-sounding meat (9)

5: He went off to Nod, taking second-rate cottage (5)

8: Vanity items go wild (7)

10: Nut hounds famed Arizona shooter for something to deaden the noise (7)

11: They're hard to reconcile, Turkey Day displays featuring beef (9)

12: Grill when involved in corruption (5)

13: Flower shop nosh about $41 (5)

16: Reportedly hoist Jeter of the NY Yankees (5)

18: Terrier shows how to stray (3)

19: Reportedly is nostalgic for wife (3)

20: Old Testament character, New Testament incident (5)

21: Confuse cast (5)

22: No spot for weather forecast before snow approaches (5)

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

27: Light bagel on skewer (7)

28: Furies, in ancient Greece or Ireland? Certainly! (7)

29: Component of landfill center announced (5)

30: Split, ran? (9)
Down
2: Love affair for one like Othello, we hear (5)

3: Odd one enters, lured back (5)

4: Valuable discovery certain in luxury travel (8,5)

5: One who heals despicable person on TV hospital program (5)

6: Later on, does dance with a lay-person? (9)

7: ...near fishing boats stocked with cold bait (5,8)

8: Plowmen let Amy spread job statute (10,3)

9: Fine legs confused emotions (5,8)

14: Nunn completes more circuits than Gore coming around Canary Island seaport (3,6)

15: He wrote a bit of poetry! (3)

17: Implement box for young cat (3)

23: Policeman extremely sensitive about opportunity (5)

25: Taxi omitted going around gnome (5)

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




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