Crossword for Wed, 18/Oct/2006

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Across
2: One-time philosophical teaching turned him to classics (13)

6: However, you expect trouble at first (3)

7: Greek characters suggest dawn (3)

10: No one told sister (3)

11: Lug worm finally being a symbol (5)

13: A hint for the snooker champ? (3)

14: Freshen the atmosphere (3)

15: Uncommon fly on rare plant (5,4)

17: Threefold test (5)

18: Roosevelt's undergarment? (5)

19: No man confused about brave king of Mycenae (9)

21: Short bloke quietly escaped seaweed (3)

22: Fiction position (3)

23: We turned up with endless Irish pitchers (5)

24: Choose to take the top off (3)

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

27: Lick up pal (3)

29: Irregular bouts of activity suit beach scrubbers (4,3,6)
Down
1: Gold tooth, perhaps, in satellite? (7)

2: Looks like an eyesore, sounds like an eyesore (3)

3: Pate topping primarily honey and tamari? (3)

4: In no state to contain a pregnant virgin? (3)

5: Machine spindle starting to mistime; also about to begin labouring (7)

7: I see marks on jumbled party favors (11)

8: Support sign for subordinates (11)

9: Open present yonder (4,5)

12: A language one may read about (9)

14: Neil Armstrong, first to return from another world? (5)

16: Sing gist of laudatory ode loudly (5)

18: Mimic has to leave the ground (4,3)

20: Nits are possibly more unpleasant (7)

25: Worthless even when recycled (3)

27: God! Get real! There's no point getting upset (3)

28: Infection leads from partly uncooked steak (3)




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