Crossword for Sat, 2/Dec/2006

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Across
1: Alternative part of course (5)

3: Cynical Cajun died exercising (9)

5: It isnt good for a man whos batting to get a hundred in the game (9)

7: Old-time Persian country radio stations? (5)

9: Weapon in Clue game (5)

11: Raptor is well under par (5)

13: Turning back, Sid went in to astonish naturalists (7)

15: Dancer Duncan is a road protestor (7)

17: Surrounded by grass, loose and laid-back (7)

18: Bitter expert with broken crib (7)

19: A vine sometimes can seem green (5)

20: German painter in a southern state (5)

22: Confines for periods of time after onset of chickenpox (5)

23: Copy hasn't disturbed yes-man (9)

27: In the wee hours, come together sideways (9)

28: Little Tom's pot (5)
Down
1: Ball tops over-ripe bananas (3)

2: Tender command (3)

3: Abridged fibre project (3)

4: Worry about Democrat's chief staff group (5)

6: Provoke Church of Scotland's absent leader (3)

7: Noodling ragtime might make you move back and forth (7)

8: One hero, perhaps! (7)

9: Audibly push lever (5)

10: At sea I reused what's left (7)

11: Meatier concoction from, say, Dubai (7)

12: Chief among any political disorder (7)

14: Island captured by lunatic exists for one turbulent decade (7)

16: Path of planet - or particle (5)

19: Dark mysterious thing (5)

21: Unappealing environment for a snooze (3)

24: Call initially communicates real yearning (3)

25: Is Pat suitable? (3)

26: Totally lacking a lofty plaything (3)




Solution (Reversed)
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