Crossword for Sat, 9/Jan/2010

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Across
1: Outfield swamps East team, scoring all the points (7)

4: Ephemeral deity guards precious stone (7)

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

9: Left carrying what in Barcelona was inlaid with wood (9)

10: Woods and the entire group making cut-off in advance (9)

12: First Lady, archetypical matriarch, and cowgirl finally talk candidly (5)

14: Dating from birth in South African province (5)

15: One applying pressure to eight mixed up in back rent? (9)

16: Open present yonder (4,5)

19: Rinse out pine compound (5)

21: Discounting all odds, teen assured to succeed (5)

22: Bankrupt being disrespectful about victory sign (9)

23: Venus moving earth with Ipod (9)

25: Shakespeare character speaking overhead (5)

27: Again Italian couple is late (7)

28: Fish owned harbour (7)
Down
1: Inactive side (3)

2: Sly dog covers horses for dancers (3-8)

3: Pronounced ability to smell negative votes (3)

4: Nut hounds famed Arizona shooter for something to deaden the noise (7)

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

6: Is Pat suitable? (3)

7: Awful riddle about many a swindler. (7)

9: Factory to unveil cheap lantern part (5)

10: What this puzzle is (3)

11: Inspects old radical for a moment (5, 6)

13: Trashy dime novel about American sex symbol who's not all there? (5,2,4)

16: King Lear's daughter bathed in oranges and spice (7)

17: Look into deed, if I certify structure (7)

18: Expel National Service Union leaders and heartbreak will follow (5)

20: Capture perfect score in review (3)

24: Grant loud colour (3)

25: Help found in Adelaide. (3)

26: Telekinesis pinches Albanian coin (3)




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