Crossword for Fri, 30/Jan/2009

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Across
1: Apartment behind English school reflective place to write (7)

5: Forgetful of cinemas craft (7)

10: Surrounded by grass, loose and laid-back (7)

11: More extensive extra, right? (5)

12: The man with lack of skill shows cruelty (13)

13: Throw a fit as ice is tossed in shower (5,4)

15: Mature writer beyond racy, impertinent introductions (5)

18: Conservative interrupting nobody for the time being (5)

20: Deviant fellow following Esther Williams at times (9)

23: Finish suddenly, like an oboe? (1, 4, 2, 3, 3)

25: Dizzy Ben is a playwright (5)

26: Worker in new data capture firm (7)

27: Prepare the blocks for a run, perhaps (7)

28: Made certain condemned is guillotined (7)
Down
2: Mild expletive for a sea-faring people? (9)

3: Head is about to allow artists colour range (7)

4: A French number that is Country or Jazz (9)

5: Turned aside helpers (5)

6: Yew chopped up inside close to January (3,4)

7: 'Pops' is very unhappy in retrospect (5)

8: Song about river, ocean, and lake (5)

9: Revolutionary near the capital (7)

14: Apprentice number six, to Spanish aunt, extremely tentative (9)

16: Midshipman: one who hates anchor (9)

17: Famously, Tony led astray (7)

19: Queen is gaga for horses (7)

21: Surrounded by asses, he tries again (7)

22: A period set around one Dostoyevsky character (5)

23: He told tales about a love with foresight. (5)

24: Disturb earth at centre (29 for your love?) (5)




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