Crossword for Wed, 30/Dec/2009

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Across
2: Designed dashing ten-ton pick-up (3-5,5)

9: Canoe lost in sea (5)

10: Representatives from west coast ball club recruiting a woman manager - the first (9)

11: Beware of these they show the funny side of the month! (4,2,5)

14: One final, huge Greek goddess (3)

15: Oak's first seen on the first of May with its leaves out (5)

16: See one store walled by brick, mostly (9)

20: Loudly certain Woodbridges a near-certainty (5,4)

21: One who regrets following initial tendencies is increasingly sincere (5)

22: He wrote a bit of poetry! (3)

23: 7-down relic? (6,5)

25: Prisoner with severe cramp (9)

27: Just conservative (5)

29: We hear you require complete articles for this royal thriller. (7,6)

Down
1: Happy faces disturb economist (9)

2: Raw material for Swedish coins (3)

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

4: Is Asian holy man sinning in Asian capital? (9)

5: Where transport is provided by chopper (5)

6: Squirrel with a fuzzy caterpillar, say? (5)

7: Requires five kills, or a single accurate shot. (3)

8: Sprinkles studs under reconstruction (5)

12: One segment of recording is a kind of poem (7)

13: Start reorganizing notes (5)

14: True one hiding along the way (2,5)

17: Squash cat; poor furry creature (9)

18: First-class puzzle originally from Ontario is available (2,3)

19: Tradesman confined in nurses embrace (9)

22: Tippecanoe is home to a nut (5)

23: Witticism provided theme (5)

24: Away sick and lifeless (5)

26: Odds of niece being born (3)

27: Control escape (3)

28: Oxygen is pretty amusing. (3)





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