Crossword for Thu, 31/Jan/2008

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Across
1: Awful din; ill effects were her own doing (4-9)

8: Jacket feature from copy seen in fifties (5)

10: Neil lost a letter and ended up with nothing (3)

11: Allow meathead into mine opening (5)

12: Convertible has odd bar in instrument panel (9)

15: Norse gentleman? Not exactly. (5)

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

17: Casting my characters roughly as a kind of exercise (9)

19: No government lawyer's thrilled to display being agreeable (3,6)

20: Correspond with mother and I boarding train (1-4)

21: Taxi omitted going around gnome (5)

22: Supporting truth nearly buried in con game (9)

24: Skier's heart rivals climbers (5)

25: Venomous enemy lurks in Caspians (3)

27: Kitchen appliance is pumpkin-colored, apart from the top (5)

28: Changed musician not so offensively pious (13)
Down
1: Concrete well cover (5)

2: Crook skimmed cash register? (3)

3: What this puzzle is (3)

4: I had been at the front, and retired (5)

5: Conducted fight in tent, it's clear (11)

6: Devil and saint share presentation (13)

7: Sarcastic critic, alas drunk, missing bit of comedy (9)

9: Ships use up aid at sea; remain in a grave situation (4,2,7)

13: Black arts and demons concerned with Homer's issue? (4,7)

14: Water plants used in informal Gaelic gardens (5)

16: African anti-exchange, barricading bank Central Bank (9)

18: Backroom houses last component of engine (5)

22: Jump Begin (5)

23: Oddballs go right to Kansas (5)

26: Plan to return with woman (3)

27: Managed in lower Antwerp (3)




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