Crossword for Wed, 25/Mar/2009

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Across
1: Nothing, nothing in shape (5)

4: Multiple notes keeping youth leader youthful (4-5)

9: Play down awkward date's flop (4-5)

10: Acid destroyed brace (5)

11: Contracted to bring out in the middle of the road (7)

14: Hell, he's got the upper hand in tennis (5)

15: Makes empty noises behind listener. (5)

16: Kept definitely in step (9)

18: Instrument making snout feel odd (4,5)

20: Pound Falcon end into football field (5)

22: Swamp creature resting tail on a rocky outcrop (5)

24: Kind of blue hereafter, at heart; this might tell what's to come? (3,4)

25: Homer's travail: 'I don't finish daily retreat.' (5)

26: The woman records family diplomas (9)

29: Observed, yet seen so poorly (3,4,2)

30: Bolted up tiptop earthenware (5)
Down
1: Watch Obadiah attend to customers (7)

2: Inactive side (3)

3: Describes a northeastern state and some ancient Britons (7)

4: Tender command (3)

5: Hostile warning: one man has captured the queen (11)

6: Sparks from auto backing up over tree (7)

7: Staffed without Western religion (5)

8: Shameful young lady making her entrance in the manner of a talking horse (7)

12: Turns violin over to get pointers? (5)

13: Does the wandering hero duly hostess perplex? (7)

17: I hear mantas and surface (5)

18: Noodles and drinks with alcohol (7)

19: Physicist failed to finish food before a trip round sun (7)

20: Uttered with a little respect, it becomes understood (7)

21: Dead time after amusement in December (7)

23: Dance starts to worry winner (5)

27: Going after the final piece of puzzle for a very long time (3)

28: Short bloke quietly escaped seaweed (3)




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