Crossword for Sat, 15/Nov/2008

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Across
1: Sprinted fleetly? (3)

3: Risk of pole womans end being upset after handy beer (11)

9: Painting a beard (7)

10: Raced around a tree (5)

11: Sounds like everything: a bore (3)

12: Martyr fighting segregation (5,6)

14: How to get around doing business, essentially (3)

16: Carelessly let teeth rot completely (2,3,6)

17: Fast times with company cracked high-strung recruiter (6,5)

22: Various centres on Spanish drain (3)

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

25: Tender command (3)

26: Transfixes the finger-tips (5)

27: Window worker beginning to get more indolent (7)

28: The star of 'Ellen' has at folks with substandard morals (11)

29: Attempt test (3)
Down
1: Reportedly regret cutting remark in quarrel (7)

2: Just found Carol nipping a little vodka (5)

3: ...implies it hasn't changed (5,2)

4: I'd party wildly after hitting this? (3,4)

5: Settler-constructed bridge (7)

6: Discharge from Greek island (7)

7: Chat host rated poorly in malicious room (9)

8: 4-down Arias hit high note in some of the lungs (3,3)

13: In fear of wheat head (3)

15: Choosing to sing about vote (9)

17: Mann's 'Death in Venice' Dorothy sent up (3)

18: 'Naked Gun' actor prepares to be dubbed in (in soundtrack) (7)

19: More self-satisfied after initially silencing attacker (7)

20: Auto manufacturer meeting a lieutenant in 'The Ancient Mariner'? (3,4)

21: Where some 16-downs fell, its beyond cover (3,4)

23: A methodical soldier? (7)

25: Vegetable has red cap (5)

26: Agree to make Lucifer wicked? (3)




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