Crossword for Tue, 22/Jan/2008

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Across
1: First cryptic?! I nail it! (7)

5: Pay court to get military leader time on the missile range (7)

9: Seize broadcast mogul (7)

10: Swore a verb was incorrect (7)

11: Lepers treated by North Dakota specialist? Brilliant! (11)

13: Barque, for one, is a trio-tutor (5-6)

15: Drunkard turns up near beach, reversing new habit, to sleep fitfully (4,3,4)

18: Inspects old radical for a moment (5, 6)

21: Errant son taking coin without permission (7)

22: Be amusing for Matilda (7)

23: Gave up and produced (7)

24: Continual wind up by the French shortstop (7)

Down
1: Disturbed intruder, pet disturbed. (11)

2: Tucks in untidy singlets, missing the tail end (7)

3: Elected to instruct audit of electronic giant (5)

4: Unfallen in gradual encirclement of city! (9)

5: Religious man rumoured to have been taken in by a whopper such as this. (5)

6: Prepare too much for apparent downpour (9)

7: To hear's possible in this (7)

8: Help found in Adelaide. (3)

12: Pretty girl takes part in outdoor cooking? No just toys (6, 5).

13: Rise above fad, carrying recycled cans (9)

14: Mix tequila? Be fair! (9)

16: Unidentified street across the Mountains (7)

17: Press or key source of metal (4,3)

19: We hear he pillaged while he played. (5)

20: Stopped and looked after blowing top (5)

21: Call initially communicates real yearning (3)





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