Crossword for Tue, 6/Mar/2007

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Across
1: Told fib with particular relaxation (3,4)

4: Dilapidated sofa contained initially some hot embers: something's burnt remains. (5, 2)

7: Transplanting gave gnarled beet place to grow? (9, 6)

9: Get zany, swimming in exotic river (7)

11: Ruse duck (5)

14: Fastness concerning concern. (7)

16: Hail storms send a message about WWI explosion (7)

18: Half-finished meal precedes my look back at sacred mountain (7)

19: Queen is gaga for horses (7)

20: Wants - in fact, just has to have (5)

22: A barkless dog as shown in 'Benji' (7)

24: Offer one's hand to an accountant by way of an alternative bid. (15)

27: Up in grassy area around Kentucky (7)

28: Sob wildly and preserve secret (7)

Down
2: Cot is unmade for short month in fall (3)

3: Finest tree house exhibits gist of problem (7)

4: Healthy, but lacking first beer (3)

5: Its difficult to include the overhead in the cache (5)

6: Revolves around a star. (3)

8: First get a French weapon. (3)

10: West's last: bottom spade, perhaps (5)

12: Tiny bit of self-interest (5)

13: In retrospect, sex provided relief for cravings (5)

14: Original State-in-Origin seat? (5)

15: Hunger after party for senior member of group (5)

17: Praises cricket ground in a speech (5)

19: Prohibition back in to grab media (7)

21: Crowd scene actor appearing in special edition (5)

23: Greek characters suggest dawn (3)

24: Cronkite, Bradley, and Safer's first network (3)

25: Clear initial rubbish in drain (3)

26: Fathers start to applaud, in afterthought (3)





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