Crossword for Tue, 29/Dec/2009

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

3: The star of 'Ellen' has at folks with substandard morals (11)

9: This food won't give you a heavy feeling (5,4)

10: Question number one (5)

11: Miserable raise follows poor grade (5)

13: Six strange, strange winegrowers (9)

15: Play about each place like New York (7)

17: Make milder ground sausage (7)

18: Leave the cabin paneled with shakes (7)

19: Loads of purpose in body parts (7)

20: Metallic element forming excellent electrical connection (4,5)

22: In Germany, the monster returned from the east. (5)

23: Bird gets an eminent man (5)

25: Attacking from behind going downhill (9)

29: Pick up line for first man swinging both ways? (5,2,4)

30: Implement box for young cat (3)
Down
1: Short bloke quietly escaped seaweed (3)

2: Clown with a tail. (3)

3: Don't encourage satellite pace to slacken. (11)

4: Take a turn or a thousand dollars (3)

5: Material from N.Y. - Long Island (5)

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

7: Cereal vermin seized by superb 16-down (11)

8: Small drinks for each young man's agent (11)

11: I deem turds a regrettable necessity (11)

12: Quite put out, doctor axes red tape (11)

14: Be prepared with amnesties for truancy (11)

16: Draw the knot (3)

17: Drawing, for example, a bit of a cartoon (3)

21: Rule will end in some paper (5)

24: Vet theatre opening 8-down (3)

26: Begins seeing another divorcee? Deplorable. (3)

27: Sort of uninitiated cheat (3)

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




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