Crossword for Sat, 20/Jun/2009

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Across
2: Designed dashing ten-ton pick-up (3-5,5)

9: Accepted rules for an inside con (5)

10: Completely drenched, laid umbrella tip gauge down (9)

11: Hell, he's got the upper hand in tennis (5)

12: Famous for being incompetent? (7)

14: Bite and flip over -- one way to win a wrestling match (3)

15: Equips for attacks (4)

17: Movie star kind of hot for date (7)

20: Those who exhibit bathroom fixtures (7)

21: Greek characters suggest dawn (3)

22: Period email feature (3)

23: Have a go at draw (7)

26: Show fear when beast appears on popular TV series (5)

27: Oscillating crystal perhaps not so rare (9)

29: Expert standing in an area at the front of the stage (5)

30: ...near fishing boats stocked with cold bait (5,8)
Down
1: All the cards, plus cards held by ship workers (4-5)

2: Upset top duo; I went and confessed (5,2,2,2)

3: Lily Tomlin character inside her nest in Ecuador (9)

4: Publication for children (5)

5: Stranger, in turn, had an accident (3-3-3)

6: Mis-trust this support (5)

7: Picture a dessert without topping (3)

8: Ruse duck (5)

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

16: The man's a trite, worn-out waiter (9)

18: Defile broken seed box (9)

19: North wounded in action and removed from power (9)

23: In favour of an outer garment for protection (5)

24: Man, and French Impressionist (5)

25: Confuse cast (5)

28: Bend in the middle and wind back (3)




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