Crossword for Thu, 2/Dec/2010

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Across
2: State goddess gets in first (7)

5: A weapon as plunder (5)

7: Perfect counter-spy equipment (3)

9: Perhaps men sit and eat in a cafe (9)

10: Start reducing salt? (3)

11: Ordered hoop to conserve mass and energy (5)

12: Feminine articles put in case (7)
Down
1: Art deserving a pledge? (7)

3: An exceptionally attractive person may be met aboard (9)

4: Word of opposition from a friend of Caesar, J? (7)

6: For slimmers: food almost tasteless, initially, and costing nothing? (3-4)

8: Nixon's engaging Guevara in scraps (7)




Solution (Reversed)
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