Crossword for Thu, 26/Apr/2012

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Across
1: Lady sitting atop a bird (5)

4: Conductor of opera rising in encore (9)

9: A Tudor I remodeled for a listener (7)

10: Wives' strange ideas (5)

11: Stager Reg transposed extra organ (9)

12: Seen in elegant wraps from the East, former redhead? (5)

14: What one does with barrels can lead to a problem in the toilet. (4, 3)

15: Punk brains a teenage witch (7)

18: Sex and dope are wrong, it's revealed (7)

20: Senator mentioned housing trouble (7)

21: Feed all but the first stranger (5)

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

24: It may be used in candy or brought back in taxi (5)

26: Object for trial (7)

27: Superfluous request for payment received by Communist soldier (9)

28: Monday spent in thought (5)

Down
2: Ruby ran off to marry after a couple of events came to light again (11)

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

4: Gathering hype about coffee maker (7)

5: Crossword compilers are dogs. (7)

6: Smithys workplace agreement not originally despicable, not totally! (5)

7: Anger that is constraining response (3)

8: Dizzy Ben is a playwright (5)

9: Free to turn some integral tables (2,5)

13: I see marks on jumbled party favors (11)

16: Tour with crazy Mrs. Barton (9)

17: Arouse interest in Scripture verses after a time (7)

19: Between two girls, left in a quandary (7)

20: Shout it out loud - alternatively, mutter quietly (7)

21: Globe's automobile award (5)

22: Jewish leader second in the shower (5)

25: Road without a pole (4)





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