Crossword for Tue, 22/Jul/2008

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Across
1: Im backing into meat from Belgium! (7)

5: Pole lashed with rag to the arbour (7)

9: Be of use to a head covering, we hear (5)

10: Nightwear and jersey top added in afterthought (3)

11: Six points making a case for one in good shape (5)

12: Two characters together, drunk, hit PhD on the third of August (9)

15: Soldier shelled in song from the past (5)

17: Tender translator of runes (5)

18: Ice trails guide down to earth (9)

20: I'm entering fancy residences with contractor's quotes (9)

21: Writer deserts pea-green match (5)

22: Bored after meals? (3,2)

23: Rag lying about note? Absolutely (5-4)

24: Lucifer lived backward (5)

26: How to eat the heart of marsupial (3)

27: Natural talent in opening measures of Franz Liszt melody (5)

28: Holy season has one setback in Germany; it's not strict (7)

29: Jimmy Garner's cops (7)
Down
2: Quite put out, doctor axes red tape (11)

3: I shall be sick! (3)

4: Healers swear by the cases of the little river horse. (11)

5: Infection leads from partly uncooked steak (3)

6: Conclude a recitation off-key (11)

7: Have bananas now (3)

8: Confuse Garfield, dashing back inside (5)

9: Musical direction by an Italian poet (7)

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

14: Mary-Jane crochets her Pop a jumper (11)

16: Don't encourage satellite pace to slacken. (11)

19: The last theologian inside to burn the cheese (7)

22: Castro led, granting that uprising (5)

25: 23% of Scandinavians backing leaders (3)

26: Take Chair in university (3)

27: What this puzzle is (3)




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