Crossword for Sun, 5/Apr/2009

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Across
1: He adopts park tree (5)

4: Reverend Spooner's congregants join together in fast (9)

8: Squash cat; poor furry creature (9)

10: Starts to name Olivia Newton-John 'Country Entertainer' for the time being (5)

11: Increases scales; ate sloppily (9)

13: Herb talked about the fourth dimension (5)

14: Climp up on horse on high ground (5)

15: Lily Tomlin character inside her nest in Ecuador (9)

16: Mishaps or odd sayings (9)

19: Go in with singer Karen, forgetting fish (5)

21: Funny dame getting red (5)

22: I may fall into pit in a remote country (9)

23: Demand payment? Just so! (5)

25: Gets high by direct routes? (9)

27: Dons swarm all around fencer (9)

28: 500 = 100 + 0 - that's entertainment! (5)
Down
2: Infection leads from partly uncooked steak (3)

3: One later enters, like, with matching sides (11)

4: and 2 Curses! Dons the parodists (4,3,7,2)

5: Polygraph unexpectedly traps vandal (3)

6: Bright-sounding agenda touches on heavyweight legend (5,6)

7: Expert in scriptural interpretation in Devon River to fetch sweetheart (7)

8: Vapour trapped in paste amethyst (5)

9: Essentially, what boy is wearing (3,2)

12: Put hot cocoa out for someone glued to the TV (5,6)

13: Mixed greens and teals, so dad's remodeled (6,5)

16: Name successor in speech? (7)

17: Point to friendly crowd (5)

18: Staying out when it's dark (7)

20: Highways or turning spots (5)

24: Mann's 'Death in Venice' Dorothy sent up (3)

26: Pronounced ability to smell negative votes (3)




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