Crossword for Sun, 28/Jun/2009

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Across
2: State goddess gets in first (7)

5: Explosive device held by one failed candidate (7)

7: Mild expletive for a sea-faring people? (9)

9: Piano finale not determined (7)

11: Bomb compartment - note damaged weapon (7)
Down
1: Pair are only a short distance from the dance (3-4)

2: Children nicely holding back secret (5)

3: Curse the mother country? (9)

4: In the manner of a girl (3)

6: Neuters wrestle majority of such neuters (7)

8: Contrarily accepted gold slab (5)

10: Anyway - no! (3)




Solution (Reversed)
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A
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D
N
I
T
N
A
N
W
E
E
N
I
M
O
N
O
U
N
E
S
N
O
I
T
A
N
R
A
T
U
N
T
E
C
G
N
I
D
N
E
P
H
O
O
A
S
T
E
N
O
Y
A
B