Crossword for Sun, 9/Nov/2008

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Across
1: Mark ate cut up bananas with a dash of nutmeg (9)

6: Bizarre exits are... (5)

9: Played Bingo at the French base (7)

10: Hotel of more than average height in capital (7)

11: Host seems clever, off and on (5)

13: Rug behind structure in Scottish city (9)

15: A little sports car, let to harassed Southern belle (8,5)

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

20: Every other starlit fish starting search for little percussion instruments (9)

23: Alternative Lennon music? Its ho-hum (5)

24: Sibling rivalry's beginning - worry about it (7)

26: Reuniting gentry I broke up (7)

28: In Germany, the monster returned from the east. (5)

29: Backing Brown University comeback, of course (9)
Down
1: Waterhouses partner slashes discounts (5,4)

2: No one told sister (3)

3: Bill board reflected family meal extra (5,6)

4: Alien live around Glacial Ridge? (5)

5: Enjoy a mud pie and trade it freely (3,4)

6: Bounder beheaded by slippery swimmer (3)

7: 'There the woman is!' exclaimed in a less friendly way (5)

8: First Fleet diarist-cum-swimmer (5)

12: Romero races around (5)

14: Bar mail of unadorned capital (5,6)

16: In favour of an outer garment for protection (5)

17: Is big lady in tatters forever? (9)

19: Civil War battle in Pamplona? (7)

20: Bleat about delay (5)

21: The Irish are working for small clubs (5)

22: Mis-trust this support (5)

25: Polygraph unexpectedly traps vandal (3)

27: I shall be sick! (3)




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