Crossword for Thu, 16/Apr/2009

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Across
1: Chain some; cuff objectors (3)

3: Stimulant produced as choir paid off (11)

8: Upright drunk's interjection interrupts the others briefly (7)

9: Always, the final way is a mountain! (7)

10: It flies out of Nepal! (5)

11: A satin bow arranged for shipboard piper (9)

13: Child is to depart, finally (3)

14: Feeling threatened, suggested concealing identity (11)

16: Overcome by disappointment from the rare bonk going awry (11)

20: Reportedly is nostalgic for wife (3)

22: Tossing and turning, I wondered what the comforter might be made of (9)

24: Conservative supporting pain in War on Terror (5)

25: Undesirable Mark is worn out, holding me back (7)

26: Serial entanglement with single Middle Easterner (7)

27: A Hollywood star upset about paparazzi hub in crude social event (6,5)

28: In the manner of a girl (3)
Down
1: Spring inside proper old theatre (7)

2: From memory, next to courage (2,5)

3: St. Michael transforms metal transformer (9)

4: Fishy character with endless alibis hides in hut. (7)

5: Too many weapons perhaps for this type of bowling! (7)

6: Crazy Sadie's notions (5)

7: Not being particular, Xena and I moved to Connecticut (7)

12: Agree to make Lucifer wicked? (3)

15: Classic Australian theatre patrons shocked in Dee Why (4,5)

16: Grant loud colour (3)

17: Stomach is disturbed, bad sign (7)

18: Troop of monkeys around city garden spot (7)

19: Book's conclusion darker, having more twists (7)

20: African president to supply workforce with New Deal? (7)

21: Split particle following before (7)

23: Eights had to race again, we hear, concerning fish spawn. (2, 3)




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