Crossword for Fri, 28/Dec/2012

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Across
1: Top dog in hiding from distemper organisms (7)

5: Name of girl getting praise in secret service (7)

9: A representative may be a scamp (3)

10: Step right in cement mixture (9)

11: One politician's a brat (3)

12: Fashion term heartless: Feeling up Blossom (6-2-3)

13: God, transforming first day into last night, was received (3)

15: Lada, for example, gets favourite treatment for VIPs (3,6)

19: Went ahead and used the power button (7,2)

20: Cleaning aid possessed by Fragonard (3)

22: Hang back, keeping right next to person buying a jumper (11)

25: Club with space for some money (3)

26: Mathematician's analysis of former Vice President's movements? (9)

27: Famous gardens said to move one to speak. (3)

28: Hype song that is plain (7)

29: Actress Myrna taking call nearby (7)
Down
1: Making syllabic omission, lied badly in Gateshead (7)

2: Annoying ad for toaster design? (3-2)

3: Control, coerce, and strengthen (9)

4: Come round again about dog (5)

5: City flat is swamped by sweets, almost (9)

6: Perpendicular to 25-across? (5)

7: In hindsight, schedule recorded for a blast (9)

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

14: Vaudeville star to lead opening of Angela's Grandma (3,6)

16: Conversation to completely stop about scrubs (9)

17: Hunk from Japan or a Micronesian broad (9)

18: Grouper swimming to make new formation (7)

21: Make room for group process (7)

23: A rugs fashionable and rather sweet (5)

24: Leaf in fancy plate (5)

25: Marry large bumpkin (5)




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