Crossword for Tue, 7/Apr/2009

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Across
1: Whistles for tarts carrying pitcher (5)

4: I'm to intercede without delay (9)

9: Tell about French and Scottish island (7)

10: Lament the first person heard in good judgment (4,3)

11: I'm great novel detective (7)

13: Witticism provided theme (5)

15: Opening building in church grounds in Sulawesi (7)

17: Wild rose engulfs one willow (5)

19: Arenas almost filling with the hooter (5)

20: Skill is extremely tangible for a performer (7)

21: It's big where some Ambassadors are at? (5)

23: Mobster at heart, presently I'll be carrying expensive pistol on hip (7)

25: The French inheritance given up by a former French colony (7)

26: Poles in trouble with character from Greece (7)

27: English poet holding us responsible for hold-up? (9)

28: Down by one shot (5)
Down
1: Criticise a computer analysis of famous passage (6,5)

2: Pass items in tiny pieces (9)

3: Abstract art is just one step.(5)

4: Frost to cover the cake (3)

5: Trespass upon a moniker exploited by commercials (4,7)

6: An exceptionally attractive person may be met aboard (9)

7: Proficient in arithmetic, starting with short division (5)

8: The time before the first woman (3)

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

14: Fashion term heartless: Feeling up Blossom (6-2-3)

16: Bird dog devouring bad lad (4,5)

18: Lined salt shaker made ready for use (9)

22: Tears as leading character in romance dies (5)

24: Sprinkles studs under reconstruction (5)

25: Walesa still embodies how Nobel Laureates soar? (3)

26: In fear of wheat head (3)




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