Crossword for Tue, 20/Sep/2011

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Across
1: Picture a dessert without topping (3)

3: Goes through ere sixpence circulates (11)

9: How a diver might marry (4,3,6)

10: Toothpaste brand at Target? (3)

11: Halest hesitater is lost (9)

12: Drew is ruled out (5)

13: Put a new value on what secret agent is hiding (5)

15: Leaders of Orioles and Rangers stick in the dugout? (3)

17: Root for mounting might (3)

18: Grand space for bride's mate (5)

21: Understood I engaged in diplomacy (5)

22: Love sounded wrong for aunt and primate (5-4)

25: Fish spawn upstream in little orifices (3)

26: Taking ones cue from subsequent courtship (9,4)

27: Ever-practical, Mr. Vader keeps own little piggy (4-2-5)

28: Direct object (3)
Down
1: Author of Breathe Out, Lay Out, Going Out? (4,5)

2: Dirty Targa term is a four-letter word (9)

3: Mikes good tackling ice tower (6,3)

4: Agent returned carrying yen in a container (7)

5: Do over eco-law lacking initiative (2-5)

6: Oriental talc dispenser deserves acclaim (5)

7: Kind of eagle that is a resident of Sesame St. (5)

8: Melodious vocal rendition of musical composition (5)

14: Study how to endure (2,7)

15: Ensemble torches tram's interior (9)

16: Cad mad about Dutch port (9)

19: Remodeled studio with a touch of erotica on the exterior (7)

20: Boss a German around (7)

22: Whacked repeatedly in the ear (5)

23: Shining silver base (5)

24: Great crowd spirit (5)




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