Crossword for Mon, 19/Dec/2011

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Across
3: Weapons to attack BS, involving way with words (11)

9: Blow up, recalling utter piece of tripe (5)

10: Abridged fibre project (3)

11: Land and take off: beginning of flight (5)

12: Lineman circled South Carolina once, and settled down (9)

13: Shabby but virile? (5)

14: Highways or turning spots (5)

15: Hints from close friends (9)

19: Breaking promise, strip back nightie (9)

20: Stomach-wobbling menu to follow recipe (5)

21: Dull nicks on a car, we hear (5)

24: Hound British regime in India about Gautama's original tree (9)

26: Guinevere maintains, 'When hell freezes over!' (5)

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

28: A military cap has turned up satisfactorily (5)

29: Small drinks for each young man's agent (11)
Down
1: Argument in the meeting (5)

2: Worms grab venture capital (9)

3: Making Athenian weaver drink an informal toast (7,2)

4: Aim to be even-handed (9)

5: Saw palm down (5)

6: Johnston's desires (5)

7: Tramp and rake over green (5)

8: Observed, yet seen so poorly (3,4,2)

14: Some doctors oust head of Johnson and Johnson? (9)

16: Harsh taxes on certain salts (9)

17: It's normal if evil?! (6, 3)

18: Try to trap me, a pro anyway, wont last forever! (9)

22: Five in Christmas story (5)

23: Brings home vases, reportedly (5)

24: First company get rest when they come to a stop. (5)

25: Sinister, in bloody honour. (5)




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