Crossword for Wed, 16/Mar/2011

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Across
2: Bugler to stand playing in fields of war (13)

9: Authoritative feline vet, perhaps, spreading cure (9)

10: Drawing, for example, a bit of a cartoon (3)

11: Put on University of Texas ring (5)

12: Clumsy fish mated awkwardly (3-6)

14: North wounded in action and removed from power (9)

17: Shabby but virile? (5)

18: Gather together for a church service. (5)

20: Poet or old king on crest (9)

23: John Hancock in great US maneuvers (9)

25: Natural talent in opening measures of Franz Liszt melody (5)

27: Compete with life in France (3)

28: Account for musical river having flowed uphill (9)

29: We hear you require complete articles for this royal thriller. (7,6)
Down
1: Resolute British detectives in action (7)

2: Dont declare relay equipment (5)

3: The rate changed at movie house (7)

4: Principal on top of leafy tree (5)

5: Victor receives this prize literally or decoration (4,5)

6: Nothing changes in reproductive organs (7)

7: Scale Ten after taxes (3)

8: How to support a ready reservist (5-2)

13: Excessively sentimental dunderhead in the river (5)

15: Nasal quality essentially irritates Vera (5)

16: Change in ultimate diet for the evening? (9)

18: Refuse graduate upgraded mark (7)

19: 30-across Locality of drama and current progress (5,2,4)

21: Hold back chorus (7)

22: Composition of eastern grave (7)

24: Ear to (almost all) the ground (5)

26: Ace girl gets it wrong (5)

27: I've lost struggle (3)




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