Crossword for Thu, 29/Oct/2009

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Across
1: Support a deranged original (11)

7: Bam! Rotated a degree (3)

9: Clean oneself, but in reverse (3)

10: Invention to trick four into a stupor (11)

11: Draw the knot (3)

12: Mixed greens and teals, so dad's remodeled (6,5)

14: Part of American's eerie pronouncement after a miracle (1,3,3)

17: One embracing a lover with a little pizzazz (7)

19: After the last bit of moonshine y'all be gettin' back inside, see? (7)

20: Employs as token members (5,2)

21: Exchange concealed proprietary knowledge (5,6)

23: Direct object (3)

24: For Proust, life's purpose springs from remembrance of a torn desire (6,5)

26: Telekinesis pinches Albanian coin (3)

27: Get into the archeology scene. (3)

28: Pick up line for first man swinging both ways? (5,2,4)
Down
2: Running back almost blew grand (5)

3: Tie torn coats (7)

4: Age of neo-catastrophe? (3)

5: Barque, for one, is a trio-tutor (5-6)

6: Grant authority to gaucho, finally, packing whip for farm animals (9)

7: Large masses of insects beleaguering crazed lion (9)

8: Five kills one. (3)

9: Small songbirds destroyed mitt near diamond (7)

13: Toff aimed to do himself proud. (11)

15: Evening out with Greg, a vain eccentric (9)

16: Private cabin, say, with space (9)

18: Unarm crook in order to go berserk (3,4)

22: Measure of heat in the empty room (5)

23: Was sick girl set up? (5)

24: Road without a pole (4)

25: Thumb Drum? (3)




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