Crossword for Thu, 22/Jan/2009

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Across
1: Seduce husband-to-be in parlor (7, 4)

6: The end, you say? On the contrary! (3)

8: Boggy terrain didn't sink Plan C's successor? (9)

10: Snoopy, no? Yes, in retrospect (5)

11: Pass mould (3)

12: Supposed hot desire gnawed (9)

14: Over 24 hours, Parisian street may feel remorse (3,3,3)

15: A sample makes sense (5)

16: Very loud intrusion spoiled its cross words (5)

19: Large strumpets turned a trick? (9)

23: Giddy Texan rube gets out of hand (9)

24: Lifeblood of dope (3)

25: This identifies the literary epic at the outset! (5)

26: Victorious one's in last resort with Harold (9)

27: Mann's 'Death in Venice' Dorothy sent up (3)

28: Employ heart-broken Spartans where disaster came to pass. (11)
Down
1: I deem turds a regrettable necessity (11)

2: Expert made to order in the world of scholarship (7)

3: Green-light southern Indian chief (2-5)

4: A methodical soldier? (7)

5: Send Tim out for attitude (4-3)

6: Be supplied with wings, over and above (7)

7: Attempt test (3)

9: Small area of land for unchanging Chinese (5)

13: Employ heart-broken Spartans where disaster came to pass. (11)

17: Worried about being ribbed. (7)

18: Learner said it was a huge green monster cooked in gravy. (7)

19: Encase most of the Ashes wrongly (7)

20: Mailer's reinterpreted depiction of the way things are (7)

21: Tribal emblem starts to take on taboo, erotic meaning (5)

22: Girl hangs around artists' quarter for something to get tanked with? (7)

25: Worthless even when recycled (3)




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