Crossword for Thu, 27/Dec/2012

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Across
2: Nits are possibly more unpleasant (7)

5: Aliens set off (3)

6: Row (but not in front) and get mixed up (5)

8: Very clever fish ain't at sea (9)

10: A supporter starting to mock President Garfield's middle name (5)

11: He wrote a bit of poetry! (3)

12: Bale-out? No! In French Mediterranean nation? (7)
Down
1: Acid destroyed brace (5)

2: Nits are possibly more unpleasant (7)

3: Dressing of malt and beans to make horse tender (9)

4: Fish spawn upstream in little orifices (3)

7: Betraying no emotion when Greek god has first expired (7)

9: Belgian port getting rid of an idiot (5)

10: Sounds like everything: a bore (3)




Solution (Reversed)
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