Crossword for Sat, 21/Aug/2010

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Across
1: Plan to return with woman (3)

3: Inept casino confused the issue (4,2,5)

8: One who heals despicable person on TV hospital program (5)

9: A Muslim leader's energy efficiency ratio as a Muslim leader (5)

10: Ball tops over-ripe bananas (3)

12: Pal teased about crazy snack food (6,7)

13: Silver cap for crewless name (7)

16: Folding love tackle, one following morning. (7)

17: Explanation for Bill (7)

18: Always, the final way is a mountain! (7)

19: Challenge the bench in retaliation. (13)

24: Club with space for some money (3)

25: Write Dorothy's aunt into the motif (5)

26: A military cap has turned up satisfactorily (5)

27: A properly run lottery might be a complete success (1,5,5)

28: In the manner of a girl (3)

Down
1: Robin Goodfellow's ice hockey requisites (5)

2: Notes spent in Germany (5)

3: Song about river, ocean, and lake (5)

4: Come to terms with instant operating computers (5,2,2)

5: Freeze one mug filled with tea, essentially (3,2)

6: Everywhere, each container of flowers holds four (9)

7: In love with copper? Gone to give a needle? (9)

11: B-back up string player (7)

13: Chief among any political disorder (7)

14: Change in ultimate diet for the evening? (9)

15: Ante up after raise from volatile Sicilian? (5,4)

16: Open present yonder (4,5)

20: Interprets, for the audience, the woodwinds (5)

21: He told tales about a love with foresight. (5)

22: Satisfactory return in the manner of an Australian icon (5)

23: Emblem of sovereignty that was a quarter-pounder? (5)





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