Crossword for Mon, 14/May/2012

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Across
1: Repeated note to help player? (6-7)

8: Backblock not all there (3)

10: Gallows gear so one swings (5)

11: Before time like an aristocrat? (5)

12: A large number have a small item of foot wear and an ecclesiastic gown (7)

13: Won back base rate? Done! (7)

14: Be prepared with amnesties for truancy (11)

16: Chatter about some pay-back (3)

18: Root for mounting might (3)

20: Conclude a recitation off-key (11)

22: Animal turned left - that is right for the more righteous (7)

24: Hates and gets rid of a Mensa entry requirement? (7)

25: Acid destroyed brace (5)

26: Reportedly examine certain sports car (5)

27: Startled, grabs sailor (3)

28: Get the wrong idea, damn it, distressed about breaks (13)

Down
1: Come back after date full of zest for political system (9)

2: It causes a crash for one who owns a lot? (9)

3: Bar mail of unadorned capital (5,6)

4: Without it, set call for recompense (3)

5: Lethargic entertainer taking part (5)

6: Country refuge for prison's last under-jailer (7)

7: Year inside for undone expert (5)

9: Sprinkles studs under reconstruction (5)

13: For Proust, life's purpose springs from remembrance of a torn desire (6,5)

15: Cast Miss Stone for dewy quality (9)

17: Urgently compelled president? Sure - with democratic leader (9)

19: Trimmed complicated test (7)

21: Valuable coat of arms positioned (5)

22: Hold onto string and file (5)

23: One hundred-odd bits of bombs in some projectiles initially (5)

26: 23% of Scandinavians backing leaders (3)





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