Crossword for Thu, 12/Nov/2009

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Across
1: Herb levels the French yard (7)

4: Wilder first then? I see it's inherited. (7)

8: Taking ones cue from subsequent courtship (9,4)

10: Noted Methodist almost turned up here, not there (9)

11: Seasoning for lark (5)

12: California 'Wine Doctrine' amounts to a religion (9)

13: Backroom houses last component of engine (5)

14: Kind of money for a rare puree (5)

16: Navaho sing of Five Rings coming clean (6,3)

18: Reportedly remained sober (5)

19: Trim waist in figure (9)

21: Chewed-up gum in tater -- how toothsome (5-8)

23: Hang South American author at crack of dawn (7)

24: Sinatra improved, becoming a master of his craft (7)
Down
1: Starts to prepare every kind of European tea (5)

2: Started frustrating us in real unwillingness to accept (7)

3: Innocent, I tell why I obfuscated (4-5)

4: Mild guess: I die reassembling a nasty weapon (6,7)

5: Complain about the horse (3)

6: Shout it out loud - alternatively, mutter quietly (7)

7: Food provider for tom and two queens (7)

9: Fling an item of furniture (3,5,5)

13: Looking back inside at Rik's inimitable revealing outfit (9)

14: Picks up job applicant documents (7)

15: Strip legumes (7)

17: Also-ran gestates, bearing fruit? (7)

20: Pervert stripped in mineral water (5)

22: Grant loud colour (3)




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