Crossword for Sat, 21/Feb/2009

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Across
1: Second chunkiest is shortest and thickest (9)

4: Though run over again, MP hasn't died (5)

7: Mimic has to leave the ground (4,3)

10: Writing material on usury: Papacy held it back (7)

11: Rule will end in some paper (5)

12: Friendly over age of consent? (9)

13: We blame knitter for small woolly jumper (3-4)

15: Young birds or seals may be heard (7)

17: A mongrel on a mountain takes care of things. (7)

19: TV's Ellen, upset after last two bits edited out, broke contract (7)

21: A democratic leadership, time after time, is a benefit (9)

23: Bury in the empty sepulcher, eventually (5)

25: Decades established as most uptight (7)

26: New Orleans, an Italian city (7)

27: Padre's sensibly covering attire (5)

28: Very brave, Dorothy's starting without Em perhaps? (9)
Down
1: Pan given back by pastry taster (5)

2: Dock up first boat for cleaning. (5)

3: Gradually reduce European Community requisitions for playback devices (4,9)

4: Kind of money for a rare puree (5)

5: Telegraph about ancient city can be fixed (7)

6: Had to be infatuated (9)

8: Jack's described part of a church (5)

9: Surprised fat southerner heading west to execute media mogul Turner (13)

13: Charmed - then dance about (9)

14: Is Pat suitable? (3)

16: Trap with hands? (3)

18: Reverse engineer, at last, recipe for dish best served cold? (7)

20: Reptile eventually climbing a hill (5)

22: Massages were reported to be essential elements. (5)

23: Gulf expressed in certain letters (5)

24: Haley's book provides moral support (5)




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