Crossword for Thu, 19/Mar/2009

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Across
1: Bad habit with respect to girl of the Governor (4-5)

5: Alternative Lennon music? Its ho-hum (5)

7: Fiction position (3)

8: Incomplete raw data lies in largely unexplored regions (4,7)

11: Cretins destroyed tank (7)

12: Ring twice in ramshackle tudor having no roof (7)

14: Part of stair is erect (5)

15: 20-down 21-down to rush a grand relly (18)

17: Ship's official drinking tea with buyer (9)

21: Lease bad tripod (5)

23: Mild ado about a card game (3,4)

25: Windows creator more neglectful after hearing's end (7)

26: Inspects old radical for a moment (5, 6)

28: Copy of top ten missing (3)

29: City official spread rumor, initially (5)

30: Put another way, perhaps, clarinet overwhelming harps, somehow (9)
Down
1: Random, visceral troop of hunters - that may open a door for you? (13)

2: Without a bit of Retin-A, stops wrinkles (7)

3: Metallic element forming excellent electrical connection (4,5)

4: Smiled with greed, almost, about the hotel (7)

5: Rue loss of rare bird (5)

6: Pronounced ability to smell negative votes (3)

9: White or brown powder sounds like pink (5)

10: Reformed drinker helps a water distributor (9,4)

13: Have bananas now (3)

16: Greenspan hugs former wife and the German control freak Haig (9)

18: Clear initial rubbish in drain (3)

19: Rushes for middle of glossed lip (5)

20: Again assemble woven rope rug (7)

22: Hits back about inner fire's convolutions (7)

24: Performer causes agent to lose head (5)

27: Non-clerical song (3)




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