Crossword for Sat, 26/Apr/2008

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Across
1: Calls for lemon and mustard, losing zero weight (5)

4: Cleopatra and her court's quirky pet saying (9)

8: Drunkard turns up near beach, reversing new habit, to sleep fitfully (4,3,4)

9: Oxygen is pretty amusing. (3)

11: Playwright rethinking copyright wrangle (4,7)

12: The time before the first woman (3)

13: One who regrets following initial tendencies is increasingly sincere (5)

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

16: Backblock not all there (3)

17: Three kernels of copper-yellow grain (3)

18: Second thoughts following half-formed wishes are handfuls of straw (5)

21: Acid destroyed brace (5)

22: Have bananas now (3)

24: 28 Invitation for man to get a cent on November 5? (5,3,3,3)

25: Inflexible yet adjusted (3)

26: Risk of pole womans end being upset after handy beer (11)

28: Spooner claims Disney kinda tears content (4-5)

29: Black-out unhinged LuAnn (5)
Down
1: However, you expect trouble at first (3)

2: Goner osculates wildly (4,5)

3: Tending in Southern California to fight straw man? (9)

4: Finished holding second half of tour; it's lasted (7)

5: More up-to-date way for Oscar to greet Felix? (7)

6: The ultimate in tepee doctrine (5)

7: Water plants used in informal Gaelic gardens (5)

10: Write down 'In mink, not frozen'? (9)

11: Infamous Ms. Spelling: 'Nothing's within reason!' (9)

15: Neighbours, say, note each period (4,5)

16: Settle standard kilometer (4)

19: Star's drug causes a dark patch (7)

20: Seedy lawyer is short on rest, disturbed (7)

23: Dating from birth in South African province (5)

24: Listening to playwright's baloney (5)

27: It comes to a point everyone heard (3)




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