Crossword for Fri, 5/Feb/2010

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Across
1: Green-light southern Indian chief (2-5)

6: Write the letters of charm (5)

9: Impatient dope confused designated hour (9,4)

10: Hate because sailor gets a head start in Oregon (5)

11: To peel off cover for torrid paparazzi shot (9)

13: Boy returning the Spanish server (5)

14: Hazardous emanation from river used by a crime boss (5)

15: Going after the final piece of puzzle for a very long time (3)

16: What's left when you burn the tree (3)

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

21: Fools the Proletariat after banning Marx's _Capital_ (5)

24: A satin bow arranged for shipboard piper (9)

25: One of the Marx brothers making a comeback as talk show host (5)

26: Defusing timer incorrectly can lead to this! (13)

28: Child can be heard getting out of bed at dawn. (3, 2)

29: Shelter Dracula's heart - he's representing blood-suckers (7)

Down
1: Duck turning up initially looking like a Walt Disney animated goose (7)

2: Embarrassed when a graduate took off (7)

3: Goes through ere sixpence circulates (11)

4: Vagrant's foot caught in spinning machine (7)

5: How agitated was US snake? (7)

6: Begins seeing another divorcee? Deplorable. (3)

7: Affair? Despair soon dies, in steps. (7)

8: Told a whopper; admit rest (3,4)

12: Sent one page rewritten in military lingo (11)

16: Ray's about to remain undisturbed by reflections (7)

17: Audibly get harsher with utter bastard (7)

19: Usually regret about loss follows start of stint in AA (2,1,4)

20: Polite fellow, but a slippery character (7)

22: Exercise time inside (7)

23: Carries small cup and helps out (7)

27: Rascal and wuss taking week off (3)





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