Crossword for Mon, 26/May/2008

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Across
1: Notable piece of animation by English bishop (5)

4: Acid destroyed brace (5)

7: Animal hiding in abattoir (3)

9: Ball tops over-ripe bananas (3)

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

11: Inspects old radical for a moment (5, 6)

13: On the canvas from third strike (3)

14: Blowing siren over corruption on the job (2-7)

16: Component of landfill center announced (5)

17: Blonde's blemishes reflected (5)

19: Tide, for example, has to stop fellow (9)

20: Fix the oil platform ... (3)

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

25: Sound practical perception is a normal feeling (11)

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

28: Sounds like a bright child (3).

29: The article in Clan Leader (5)

30: Praises cricket ground in a speech (5)

Down
1: 25-down Point in these pastimes to clash with 26-across? (5,6)

2: Belli's case, perhaps! (5)

3: How to get around doing business, essentially (3)

4: Excite mirth in a daughter of Mnemosyne (5)

5: One who wanders amidst fantastic text is one who is very outgoing (9)

6: Weapons in a womans speech (11)

7: Big apes with degree benefits (7)

8: Curing bad meat in English river (9)

12: Rejecting crew's work on board, you rest at the stern (8,3)

14: Coaches of 'Cryptic' curst nits (9)

15: A country, one said, in trouble (9)

18: Chaps follow Grundy on island course (7)

22: Irene's new name (5)

23: Turning up to follow bashful rodent (5)

24: There's uranium in many a flower (5)

26: Beauty stripping top and bottom is an additional feature (3)





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