Crossword for Thu, 7/Feb/2008

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Across
1: Strap, though short, has hanger's heart (5)

4: Article entered in it that is a point for silly remarks (9)

8: Settle standard kilometer (4)

9: Beer, fit for a king, is served up (5)

11: Taverns quoted cool clique (3)

13: Meat and drink kept as refreshment? (4,5)

14: With Starr finally out, Hyde's plan simply loses traction in a way (11)

16: Clean oneself, but in reverse (3)

17: Sounds like everything: a bore (3)

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

21: Poem about social worker left with grace (9)

23: Startled, grabs sailor (3)

24: Plant in the edges of the first row (5)

25: Cloth arrived by air after 50 hours (9)

27: Victor receives this prize literally or decoration (4,5)

28: Belgian port getting rid of an idiot (5)
Down
2: Ned Lunig, thrown inside, openly seen to be crapulous (13)

3: God, transforming first day into last night, was received (3)

4: Base of trap beyond 1999 (7)

5: With Silver, all females have such a name! (7)

6: Runs in place without a top--without a top OR bottom (5)

7: Rap wave using scab? (6-7)

8: Chewed-up gum in tater -- how toothsome (5-8)

10: Canadian water ordered for regal tea-break (5,4,4)

12: Waters return to vessel. (5)

15: Vigorous beer (5)

19: Observed, like hot tea? (7)

20: Unfathomable letters from Lamb, say (7)

22: A supporter starting to mock President Garfield's middle name (5)

26: Clothilda is carrying a parcel (3)




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