Crossword for Thu, 30/Aug/2007

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Across
1: Inept casino confused the issue (4,2,5)

6: Various centres on Spanish drain (3)

8: Recreating the past, USS Enterprise finally turned up (9)

9: Wizards covered in liquor and beer...it might be for charity (7, 4)

10: Song is a gas (3)

11: Takes care of ugly dents (5)

12: Got used to western city after it eliminated a lot of noise (7,2)

15: Very brave, Dorothy's starting without Em perhaps? (9)

18: Movie rating implicit in Baghdad ultimatum (5)

19: A hint for the snooker champ? (3)

20: For Proust, life's purpose springs from remembrance of a torn desire (6,5)

21: Went ahead and used the power button (7,2)

22: Oxygen is pretty amusing. (3)

23: Don't encourage satellite pace to slacken. (11)
Down
1: Actors judged as eunuchs (9)

2: Tin trains converted while travelling? (2,7)

3: Bravery of marine figurehead?? (7)

4: Powers-that-be cure West End of troubles fast (7)

5: Write Dorothy's aunt into the motif (5)

6: He explored star (7,6)

7: Madison's statue (5)

8: 'Ransom'? Lame. Run 'Rocky I', 'II', 'III', etc. (5,8)

13: Welsh resort - and no dull resort (9)

14: Remote and barbarous Irish school (5,4)

16: Distinct identity based in circumstance (7)

17: Beginning to send poor around north and south for support (7)

19: Noise of family gathering at the start (5)

20: Restrained Republican newspaper commentary (5)




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