Crossword for Mon, 30/Jun/2008

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Across
1: Regarding Mutt, make a comeback? (5)

4: Bad egg contained sulphur and tin, a real torture! (9)

9: Mediterranean leaves unfashionable coins? (3)

10: Wild thing sure is greediest (9)

11: Can patriot make paver dither? (4-5)

12: Oddly, derros wont die in water! (5)

14: Head of Daimler (U.K.) brought back style to noble estate (7)

16: A complex surprise (5)

18: Flare for clean-up time (5)

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

21: Laid off, breadwinner's starting to wing it (2-3)

22: Write down 'In mink, not frozen'? (9)

24: Shout the chaps to initial therapy.(9)

26: Leaders of Orioles and Rangers stick in the dugout? (3)

27: Asked for quote in 3-D (9)

28: Zantac's first in things to buy for composer (5)

Down
1: Control, coerce, and strengthen (9)

2: Farmyard creatures defining an unlikely story? (4,3,4)

3: Repair stitching that flares Ewok cloaks (5)

4: Acted as rich person in plot (7)

5: Ray! Say lad, smile! (7)

6: Cast light upon awfully tired aria (9)

7: Five kills one. (3)

8: Frequently decimal? (5)

13: Questionable realtor robs preacher (4,7)

15: Katrina limits Bill, a little jerk, blowing downhill (9)

17: Giddy Texan rube gets out of hand (9)

19: Trail after an uprising beginning to form (7)

20: Ground dipped around bottom of ditch (7)

21: Singers in a special Tosca production (5)

23: Laughable Democratic line-up (5)

25: Beauty stripping top and bottom is an additional feature (3)





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