Crossword for Tue, 14/Aug/2012

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Across
1: Intruders bury proles in pieces (11).

5: Half disapprove of old king (3)

7: Article proscribes old Greeks (7)

9: Earthenware bowl eventually replacing fragment of prehistoric drawing (7)

10: Bumped into yours truly at junction (3).

11: Inspects old radical for a moment (5, 6)

13: Doctor East, half American, is a wishful thinker (7)

15: Non-professional laggard goes underground (4,3)

16: Arguments about a couple of arcane taxes (7)

19: Wealthiest Rhode Island bureau (7)

22: Bobbed beneath in playful attempt to drown journalist. (6, 5)

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

25: Junk food--its odor? Stinky (7)

26: Person of wealth and distinction extremely beautiful to Her Majesty, a horse doper (7)

27: Its a firm, small lettuce (3)

28: Thats sensible; has the eagle perhaps landed? (4-2-5)
Down
1: Feeling threatened, suggested concealing identity (11)

2: Settler-constructed bridge (7)

3: Headless rodent left by bird (5)

4: Eccentric French composer (a base thief to his family) creates a cloying atmosphere (7)

5: Well-brewed litre of this is a symbol of Irish pride. (7)

6: Attempt test (3)

8: Like powerful uncle in Indian state? (5)

9: Smaller golfer (7)

12: Ever-practical, Mr. Vader keeps own little piggy (4-2-5)

14: Saves and secures stranger (7)

17: Tapes note on particular kinds of trousers (7)

18: Worried about being ribbed. (7)

20: It may be used in candy or brought back in taxi (5)

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

23: Brand on utilitarian stocking: 'Krispy Kreme' (5)

25: Bespectacled dwarf bringing nothing to capital (3)




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