Crossword for Fri, 14/Nov/2008

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Across
2: Big flowers for VIPs? (4,7)

7: Quite put out, doctor axes red tape (11)

10: Sounds like a bright child (3).

11: Performs skinning of a flopping fish on the table (7)

12: Mad at Oscar for broken pottery, writing on it (7)

13: Drive away roofing material before farmhouse becomes a target area (8,5)

14: Devil and saint share presentation (13)

20: Float me a loan covering breakfast, perhaps (7)

21: Sheds last one carelessly (4-3)

22: Crew member is one in operating room (3)

23: Goes through ere sixpence circulates (11)

24: Does the wandering hero duly hostess perplex? (7)
Down
1: Without a bit of Retin-A, stops wrinkles (7)

2: Dinner trousers get sodden at drinks. (4)

3: Each retiring bachelor's promise finally cast in stone (7)

4: Dine out and stop being vague (13)

5: Prolong Austins suffering (7)

6: Franklin eager to conceal paternity (7)

8: I, for one, adhere to edict (13)

9: Instrument on top of tree or shrub (5)

14: Leave northbound dude in car (4,3)

15: Aged TV horse swallows a couple of turnips (7)

16: Flower, large one, set up outside (5)

17: Sneezy's problem largely fixed (7)

18: Sees unusual section (7)

19: Spoke disrespectfully about university being obsolete (7)




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