Crossword for Thu, 10/Jul/2008

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Across
1: Woman losing head after another fall (9)

6: How to secure man-haters at last (5)

9: Song about death for lover of Theseus (7)

10: Recreation (i.e. stamp collecting) (7)

11: Piano finale not determined (7)

14: What one does with barrels can lead to a problem in the toilet. (4, 3)

15: Gold tooth, perhaps, in satellite? (7)

17: One may be a very long time (3)

18: You audibly ram partner (3)

19: Encourage horse led with direction. (3)

20: Fish spawn upstream in little orifices (3)

21: Without a bit of Retin-A, stops wrinkles (7)

22: China to convert to a biblical place. (7)

23: Attack raise with no return (3,4)

26: Cold medicine's secret ingredients (7)

27: Bear with a blemish following us around (7)

29: Blasts most of eucalypt stumps (5)

30: Batman novel is pure horse ... ! (9)
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2: Neil Armstrong, first to return from another world? (5)

3: Help found in Adelaide. (3)

4: A hint for the snooker champ? (3)

5: Goes through ere sixpence circulates (11)

6: Lepers treated by North Dakota specialist? Brilliant! (11)

7: Confounded Erin's pros and cons (9)

8: Leaving no trail, Penny and Les hid in the middle of Sussex (9)

9: Height is equal to three-fifths of the first one (3)

12: Intruders bury proles in pieces (11).

13: Watering devices found in run-down orange sheds (6, 5)

15: Music drama can go endlessly on (9)

16: Big wheel examines prejudices (9)

24: Jet to Mars for one, never reaching the end (5)

25: No one told sister (3)

27: Lifeblood of dope (3)

28: Now Elton heard California's big one (3)




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