Crossword for Mon, 1/Sep/2008

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Across
1: Working on mental topic? (13)

8: Closer to morning, sound of storyteller follows organ (7)

9: Ray's about to remain undisturbed by reflections (7)

11: Couples posed for an intimate snapshot (5-2)

13: Prepares for rest? I object, returning firstborn's gifts. (7)

14: Whacked repeatedly in the ear (5)

15: Article about reckless flogging (9)

16: Tries getting involved in real drama practice (9)

20: Man, and French Impressionist (5)

21: Nothing taken in easing random pains (7)

22: Cover-up file conceals, ultimately, wrongdoing by one female (3,4)

24: The ultimate objective is not to achieve the goal. (2, 5, 1, 3)

25: I fall over myself to get a bad reputation (3,4)

28: Shredded chad, he decrees, is one ingredient (7,6)
Down
1: A hint for the snooker champ? (3)

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

3: Top class English under rising roof cover (5)

4: Coming unglued at paper battlement (7)

5: Announced at first match: 'You are on the net. This is unprofessional.' (7)

6: Destroying Bibles, I'm left without drinks (7)

7: Missed hoax set up to trap Sunday drunk outside saloon entrance (4,5,2)

10: Flirting could end with marriage (9)

11: Orchestra I'm reorganizing for certain conductor (11)

12: Kills wild cries for incidentals (9)

17: Spot, I suggest, is fatty (7)

18: Southern U.S. writer Dickey's introduction put on hold (7)

19: Further up inside here, it folds back (7)

23: Is this small cockatoo a fool? (5)

26: Five kills one. (3)

27: I am reported to leer (3)




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