Crossword for Wed, 21/Mar/2012

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Across
1: Tiny bit of self-interest (5)

4: It's an odor billowing from Indian dishes (9)

9: In retrospect, sex provided relief for cravings (5)

10: Cad mad about Dutch port (9)

11: Neither's partner participated in an orchestra (3)

12: Crook skimmed cash register? (3)

14: Praised moving anguish (7)

16: To get out three bunnies? (9)

18: Void three stones (5)

19: Reportedly scans orchestra section (5)

21: Tom Sharpe source of imagery (9)

23: Sob wildly and preserve secret (7)

25: Pious woman in underground hideaway (3)

26: Taverns quoted cool clique (3)

28: Start playing in pit, once (9)

31: Leonard Marx taking silver from the Windy City (5)

32: Coats need woven yarns (9)

33: Scarf free tacos (5)
Down
1: Gnomelike feature of parallel fingers (5)

2: Sly dog covers horses for dancers (3-8)

3: Nits are possibly more unpleasant (7)

4: Startled, grabs sailor (3)

5: Observed no Knight (5)

6: Rhyme in Old English to run the show (7).

7: Clear initial rubbish in drain (3)

8: Cover-ups of some Mexican heads reflected in more angry disorderly mobs (9)

13: Fill-in professional almost rewrote the column (5)

15: Stimulant produced as choir paid off (11)

16: Cheer up Lewinsky, it produces music if blown properly(9)

17: A chair may be material (5)

20: Fell limply and quietly in a squalid area extremely exhausted (7)

22: Knock good card over a nostrum (7)

24: Is South about to evacuate? Just the opposite! (5)

27: A great drink. (5)

29: A hint for the snooker champ? (3)

30: Pronounced ability to smell negative votes (3)




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