Crossword for Thu, 20/Nov/2008

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Across
1: Briefly viewed bigot's heart, opened like a boil (7)

5: Approaching related band, apparently (7)

8: Raw material for Swedish coins (3)

9: Missed hoax set up to trap Sunday drunk outside saloon entrance (4,5,2)

11: Age of neo-catastrophe? (3)

13: Gallows gear so one swings (5)

14: Before time like an aristocrat? (5)

15: On the torturous trail, seeking justice. (5)

16: Delicate stem is enlightening (5,4)

18: Washed-up press agent, having dropped client's butt, is not the one in the driver's seat (9)

22: Pound off top of door--what's inside? (5)

23: Daytime 8-down repelled Marx (5)

24: Witticism provided theme (5)

25: Pass mould (3)

26: A favourite car of Seattle natives. (11)

27: Draw a stomach uprising (3)

28: Make milder ground sausage (7)

29: Free to turn some integral tables (2,5)
Down
1: Stop-Go see funny type of march! (5,4)

2: Top card? Excellent! (3)

3: Playing on cello in A major's superior (7)

4: Old pies thrown in sack (7)

5: Savings division of e-banking gets enormous returns (4,3)

6: Increase a nutmeg's nuttiness? (7)

7: Disturbed intruder, pet disturbed. (11)

10: Cook small fish. (3)

12: 27-across about starting off 1-down world unconditionally (2,3,2,4)

17: Bird dog bites boisterous lad (4,5)

19: Chained up the prickly beast (7)

20: True gem discovered within landscape feature (3-4)

21: Wine from Greece brought back in canisters (7)

22: One who does not believe in Castro (7)

23: Choose to take the top off (3)

27: Startled, grabs sailor (3)




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