Crossword for Thu, 13/Dec/2007

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Across
1: Weirdos drop feet-first in pools (5)

4: Unfit American Indian getting pale about note (9)

9: Heard Italian city in canyon is from the stone age, perhaps (3-6)

10: Hot rock legend divided mothers (5)

11: 7-down relic? (6,5)

14: Worthless even when recycled (3)

15: Coral Sea, perhaps, without a fish (7)

17: Clannish discourtesy cut short a Radical (7)

19: Murder novel grips a listener (7)

21: Many ethers (7)

23: Fool to join recital (3)

24: Crazy to clean sons in awful mess (11)

26: Shower time, Bonzo? Spring, I hear (5)

28: Dear spouse that was thoughtful (9)

30: Common third power as a soup base (5,4)

31: Reportedly burned beet (5)
Down
2: We hear sniffer is acquainted with the facts (5)

3: Sounds like actor Stephen's a scavenger (7)

4: In no state to contain a pregnant virgin? (3)

5: Privy to accessibility (11)

6: Plan to return with woman (3)

7: Beauty held a label up as being the merest trifle (9)

8: Demand payment? Just so! (5)

9: Frequently failed to get in touch with resort that sounds very comfortable. (7)

12: Left with pal carrying new gold case (11)

13: Aliens set off (3)

16: or creates new mobile sound system (3,6)

18: Decide to find a new answer (7)

20: Managed in lower Antwerp (3)

22: What's so crazy about belonging to a secret society? (7)

23: Approaches first of nine pieces of corn (5)

25: Letter from Greece about an Asian country (5)

27: Telekinesis pinches Albanian coin (3)

29: He wrote a bit of poetry! (3)




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