Crossword for Sun, 31/Jan/2010

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Across
1: Changes direction with care, as befits a benefactor. (4, 4, 5)

9: Draw a stomach uprising (3)

10: Play down awkward date's flop (4-5)

11: Shatters ice cubes (5)

14: From now on it's heaven (9)

16: Nesting eggs had slight flavor (5)

17: Snub journalists with this surprisingly common medical specialty (2,7)

19: Waste pores vent exhausted resources (9)

20: Flower power honey-bees provide (5)

21: Painter mentioned hidden burial (9)

23: Extinct birds accomplish return of earth (5)

24: Chicago hoodlums capturing 1,000 squirrels (9)

27: 23% of Scandinavians backing leaders (3)

29: Gradually reduce European Community requisitions for playback devices (4,9)
Down
1: Period email feature (3)

2: Therefore, finish off this bit of work (3)

3: Oxygen is pretty amusing. (3)

4: A slight possibility of actor Jackie taking one's place in office (3,6)

5: Sailor takes gym class to slim down (5)

6: Mr Stewart on the staff (3)

7: Inspects old radical for a moment (5, 6)

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

11: Conclude a recitation off-key (11)

12: Mend a split state (11)

13: English poet writes about head of Scottish queen (7)

15: Looked up to maid turning scarlet (7)

18: Stormy Toccata in A might be best music for one in this state. (9)

22: Gantry in Hilton Hotel, Mermaid Beach (5)

25: A representative may be a scamp (3)

26: Now Elton heard California's big one (3)

27: Compete with life in France (3)

28: Pronounced ability to smell negative votes (3)




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