Crossword for Thu, 30/Oct/2008

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Across
1: Endless barbecue arranged for young carnivore (4,3)

5: Gambler in the middle to call and raise (5,2)

8: Gershwin comes back on train with tortured spirit (5)

9: Tarheels buried by swarming Hornet club (9)

11: On the way back, I had to keep calm and concentrate (7)

12: After first of December, fisherman is lurer (7)

13: Visitor made an estimate when audited (5)

14: Anger that is constraining response (3)

15: Odds of niece being born (3)

16: The time before the first woman (3)

18: I am reported to leer (3)

19: Peeled, making Pop embarrassed? (5)

21: I'm getting old pictures (7)

23: Sun god, after climbing once more, falls (7)

25: Sailors with thin skins are cinematic celebrities (4 5)

26: 'There the woman is!' exclaimed in a less friendly way (5)

27: Reunite scattered entourage (7)

28: With Silver, all females have such a name! (7)
Down
1: Directors said to be unamused. (5)

2: A rag in question (2,5)

3: Then, one crisis ends after call is for healthy exercises (13)

4: Cantankerous old woman giving out big chops. (6-3)

5: Certain to be restrained. (5)

6: Smile about Crazy Mel, a supposed source of trouble (7)

7: Famous Quaker drops last Quaker correspondent (9)

10: Working on mental topic? (13)

13: Jumpy is frog one likes (4,2,3)

14: Country encircling one's country (9)

17: Paul wears shirt the wrong way to provide shoulder covering (7)

20: Mailer's reinterpreted depiction of the way things are (7)

22: Small stones unfinished in cemetary plot (5)

24: Expert standing in an area at the front of the stage (5)




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