Crossword for Sun, 30/Nov/2008

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Across
1: Short example of bag for barrister? (5,4)

6: Kingdom seen in nature, almost (5)

9: Turn over extra-strange IRS filing (3,6)

10: One may be a very long time (3)

11: Anger doctor internalizes is more serious (5)

12: Drunkard turns to observe drunkard (7)

15: First to utterly defeat fish. (5)

16: San Francisco athlete captures wild boar, an obvious choice (2-7)

18: Prior page centered poorly (9)

19: A fellow's legs may be protected by these (5)

20: Helps jazz musicians after the first (7)

22: He is found in the alloy described (5)

24: Copy of top ten missing (3)

26: Broadly-inclusive explanation for Hang Loose heard (4-5)

27: March follower off with pair left behind (5)

28: Leaving no trail, Penny and Les hid in the middle of Sussex (9)

Down
1: Born and raised, it is whispered, to make money (5)

2: Intruders bury proles in pieces (11).

3: Sly dog covers horses for dancers (3-8)

4: Yogi's enthralled by boundless flings and deviant behavior (9)

5: Blow up, recalling utter piece of tripe (5)

6: Control escape (3)

7: Five kills one. (3)

8: Awfully smart name for soldiers (3-2-4)

13: Girl hatches subterfuge in prison tower (11)

14: Sent one page rewritten in military lingo (11)

15: Vaudeville star to lead opening of Angela's Grandma (3,6)

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

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

23: Siphon windy painter? (5)

25: Emergency room stocks one sensitive organ (3)

26: Short bloke discontinued hike (3)





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