Crossword for Tue, 7/Jul/2009

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Across
1: Modernise rear, in the opinion of escort (5,2,2,4)

9: First confession left the listener feeling no doubt (5)

10: Whip a pick-me-up to cause stupor (9).

11: Policeman extremely sensitive about opportunity (5)

12: However, you expect trouble at first (3)

14: Nightwear and jersey top added in afterthought (3)

15: Help stamp out leaflets (9)

17: Had dressed formally without a hat (5)

18: Brings home vases, reportedly (5)

19: Aquatic plant providing a variety of materials (5,4)

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

22: Cull out from top ten (3)

23: Float, drifting, in the air (5)

24: A strike about fair regulating (9)

27: Lists scoundrels (5)

28: Gradually reduce European Community requisitions for playback devices (4,9)
Down
1: Eat or drink after the dollar improves (5,2)

2: Beware of these they show the funny side of the month! (4,2,5)

3: Watering devices found in run-down orange sheds (6, 5)

4: Help out my parched elephant, for example (9)

5: Ensemble originally formed with ocarina, cello, theremin, euphonium, and tabla (5)

6: Is Pat suitable? (3)

7: Age of neo-catastrophe? (3)

8: Blamed and nailed copper, scam's leader on the inside (7)

13: Toss a hammer into a nuclear accelerator! (4,7)

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

16: Skillfully planned wild tiger acts (9)

18: Electronic man swallowed spring (7)

20: Bunch takes advantage of floating plants (7)

22: Wild rose engulfs one willow (5)

25: Abridged fibre project (3)

26: Lifeblood of dope (3)




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