Crossword for Tue, 9/Dec/2008

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Across
1: Upon reflection, move a houseplant, one requiring lots of liquid? (5)

4: Prove guess in outright delight (9)

9: Not well in vessel of large-calibre guns (9)

10: Sailor takes gym class to slim down (5)

11: City flat is swamped by sweets, almost (9)

12: Algerian city has grand musical instrument (5)

14: Get by heroes? It's unlikely (7)

16: Toxin obtained from coarse nicotine (7)

17: Do annoy suspect when both hands are up? (7)

19: Bar shows low returns after first of the month (7)

22: Decimal, in many cases (5)

23: Delilah, practically bare, cuts hair! (9)

25: Transgression if turning end in Marseille (5)

27: Katrina limits Bill, a little jerk, blowing downhill (9)

28: 20-down 21-down to rush a grand relly (18)

29: Enter names - register only lists beginners (5)
Down
1: Strange nectars induce dreamlike states. (7)

2: Lead around other green (7)

3: German poet in anger tying up Kay (5)

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

5: Flirted terribly, and on your example dated start-ups (5)

6: Call to drink like feeding ducks? (7,2)

7: A representative may be a scamp (3)

8: Lady sitting atop a bird (5)

13: First get a French weapon. (3)

15: A country, one said, in trouble (9)

16: Android's gold love-apple close to Krypton (9)

18: Cull out from top ten (3)

20: Low-rated senator upset (3-4)

21: Evita, for example, making false claim about American (7)

22: Sound frequently killed (5)

23: Symbol to recognize (5)

24: Story about a little boy -- save for later discussion (5)

26: And not in town, ordinarily (3)




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