Crossword for Thu, 1/Nov/2007

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Across
1: Antelope found in oriental country.(5

3: Giant fish, note, approaches Italian city (not capital) (9)

8: Raw material for Swedish coins (3)

10: Like powerful uncle in Indian state? (5)

11: Desert moan: close to speaking (5)

12: Mink, for one, may fly when theres trouble (3)

13: Sent one page rewritten in military lingo (11)

15: A date in February: good time for a massacre? (10,3)

17: Minor change in the White House? (6-3-4)

21: Conducted fight in tent, it's clear (11)

22: Solo, the pilot rises? No way (3)

23: Reproduction? From him? A gelding? (5)

24: Almost reveal Nationals' former identity (5)

26: Beauty stripping top and bottom is an additional feature (3)

27: Rejecting help, soldiers taking numbers for identification (9)

28: Shabby but virile? (5)
Down
1: Public school game on festive occasions (4,5)

2: Late Greek god betraying no emotion (7)

3: Oxygen is pretty amusing. (3)

4: Wizards covered in liquor and beer...it might be for charity (7, 4)

5: Fly from Arab's condemnation (7)

6: Leather factory or solarium? (7)

7: A bad back not yet eliminated (5)

9: Enter names - register only lists beginners (5)

14: I see marks on jumbled party favors (11)

16: Author of Breathe Out, Lay Out, Going Out? (4,5)

17: Sun god, after climbing once more, falls (7)

18: Cretins destroyed tank (7)

19: Hates and gets rid of a Mensa entry requirement? (7)

20: Mousy girlfriend loses head and bellybutton (5)

21: Dyslexic's tired and distressed (5)

25: Infection leads from partly uncooked steak (3)




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