Crossword for Mon, 9/Jun/2008

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Across
1: Ceremonial lamb turned about a revolving spit (9)

6: One hundred-odd bits of bombs in some projectiles initially (5)

9: Shape up at invading Congo Free State (7)

10: Top card? Excellent! (3)

11: Neither partner finds way out of country (3)

12: Evenly divide hot chopped veal (5)

13: Curiously, Maine's not an American state (9)

14: Disreputable chaps killed fowl. (5)

16: Bugs emerge in a zoo (9)

17: Delivering conclusion with hesitation in boxing arena (9)

20: Regretted backing up grasping tip of massive object (5)

22: Housework really sucks! (9)

24: Calculated average time (5)

26: Ball tops over-ripe bananas (3)

27: Crook skimmed cash register? (3)

28: Midstream babe learning Hawaiian custom (7)

29: Denim -- a genuine clothing icon (5)

30: We tangled with this old kitchen cloth (4,5)
Down
1: Sibling rivalry's beginning - worry about it (7)

2: Leaf in fancy plate (5)

3: Artist's entrance (7)

4: Smallest small car, quite silent (7)

5: Become aware of aircraft manufacturer starting to negotiate (5)

6: Choice bergamot subdues growler (7)

7: Famous spy taking leave with odd instrument (5,4)

8: Come up to breathe the skin? (7)

15: I bang rock, disturbing snake (4,5)

17: First rate viola arrangement originally in pasta dish (7)

18: Hard to comprehend English version if scholars used Latin edition from the South initially (7)

19: Hired men for single musical performance from the East (7)

20: Undesirable Mark is worn out, holding me back (7)

21: Trailer crashed in second test (7)

23: I had been at the front, and retired (5)

25: Shining silver base (5)




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