Crossword for Sun, 16/Jul/2006

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Across
1: Carp over sign on a doorway with craftsman (9)

5: Certain plants contributing to hectic activity (5)

7: Listening to playwright's baloney (5)

9: The idea -- a little meal filled you once (5)

10: Ripen mangoes evenly (3)

12: At first, Los Angeles boy obstinately refuses work (5)

13: ... but go oil crazy in snow house (5)

16: The end, you say? On the contrary! (3)

17: Anyway - no! (3)

18: Prohibit an attorney's organization (3)

19: Wander around inside territory (3)

21: Side-face, or front? (5)

22: Wants - in fact, just has to have (5)

24: Capture ten heading north (3)

25: Cruel to waste money (5)

26: Put down explosive material about a union member (5)

27: Quiet floor decoration is a sign of indifference (5)

28: Completely drenched, laid umbrella tip gauge down (9)

Down
2: Boxer Max returned, holding heroin, for treatment (5)

3: Powerful individual accommodates American doctor connected with parts of hospital drama (5,10)

4: Blithe steersman performing reenactment (15)

5: Shortened lingerie test sexual attraction (9)

6: Defiant call for change holds up addition to building (9)

7: Pivotal round total ultimately in par (5)

8: Escalating naked conflict (3)

11: Excellent osseous dark wood (5)

14: Shipper holds stylus for woodworker (9)

15: Tongue-in-cheek advice to enter cast (5,1,3)

18: English philosopher in rasher lot? (5)

20: A small rig is something worth having (5)

22: Scale Ten after taxes (3)

23: Break out tea, originally unmixed, from the back (5)





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