Crossword for Thu, 16/May/2013

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Across
1: Lion's leader publicizes dens (5)

4: Government-hater ravaging China star (9)

9: Be prepared with amnesties for truancy (11)

10: The time before the first woman (3)

11: Mr Stewart on the staff (3)

12: Don't encourage satellite pace to slacken. (11)

13: Dickensian Iron Age? (4,5)

16: Flower shop nosh about $41 (5)

18: Centre of diamond is shrouded in fog (5)

20: Leave sorcerer to bible-basher (9)

22: Organized fatso follows start of precise measurement including pound of seasoning (11)

24: Ran into a section of the time-table (3)

25: Walesa still embodies how Nobel Laureates soar? (3)

26: Exegesis of clue an idiot misunderstood (11)

28: Nationals eating spy? Gross! (9)

29: No spot for weather forecast before snow approaches (5)
Down
2: Tavern drink for the auditor, one with access to confidential information (7)

3: Church assembly contributing to heresy? No dice! (5)

4: Consumed and digested tea (3)

5: Foolishly I air spats of beekeepers (9)

6: Approached flapper losing one small part (5,4)

7: A drop of the hard stuff? (7)

8: Argument in the meeting (5)

9: Lincoln, an emotional actor, embraces supporter (7)

14: Make a deep impression, bound by ties initially thought to be most vexatious (9)

15: Wildly game sycophant heard 16-downs successors (9)

17: Joke about girl and a protestant (7)

19: The day ends with an unpleasant ancestral line (7)

21: Rip male off for money in Honduras (7)

22: Its out-of-date to need a permit for the course (5)

23: Prepare for onset of torrential downpour (5)

27: Taverns quoted cool clique (3)




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