Crossword for Sat, 3/Feb/2007

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Across
1: Nothing we have to pay (3)

3: Dogged pamphlet for the auditor (7)

8: Start reducing salt? (3)

9: Evil colleague, for example, breaking in contrary to law (9)

11: Navaho sing of Five Rings coming clean (6,3)

13: Toss about a metre on fire (7)

16: Weary of ingredients in butterfat, I guess (7)

17: Giving up silly run, Reds tack on a couple of errors (9)

20: Fruit taken in in inn (9)

22: What's left when you burn the tree (3)

23: Poles in trouble with character from Greece (7)

24: Raw material for Swedish coins (3)

Down
1: Fruitless condition in South Africa (6,4,5)

2: Englishman opening a can to dine at home (3,2)

3: Startled, grabs sailor (3)

4: Short bloke quietly escaped seaweed (3)

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

6: Rolling about sick, giving in (9)

7: See red insect leaving doorknob! (3,3,3,6)

9: Equips for attacks (4)

10: Martyr fighting segregation (5,6)

12: Corpse apt to turn up in science fiction (5)

14: Praiseworthy naval officer, English, found around boat's prow (9)

15: Icy turning, for example, on top (5)

18: Three kernels of copper-yellow grain (3)

19: Web directory you always heed, often online initially (5)

21: Taverns quoted cool clique (3)

22: In the manner of a girl (3)





Solution (Reversed)
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