Crossword for Fri, 23/Oct/2009

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Across
1: I am starting to sail in Lake Dunk (7)

5: Actor James in mix with actor Carney (7)

9: Cloth was dug up! (5)

10: Shed light on strange clue I'm seeing (9)

11: A large sea bird swallowed every second (9)

12: Warning! The French return to take up weapons.(5)

13: Polygraph unexpectedly traps vandal (3)

15: Flower - say, in Victoria's province - to raise (9)

16: Choose me! Tory ordered profession (9)

21: Beauty stripping top and bottom is an additional feature (3)

22: Detailed map I sent off (5)

23: Drink to the crashing of beetle car (9)

25: Unstained slip covers (9)

26: Express joy in slaughter (5)

27: Bands of salmon on way south (7)

28: Closest home receives attention (7)
Down
2: Man, and French Impressionist (5)

3: Note code with sorrow (7)

4: We blame knitter for small woolly jumper (3-4)

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

6: Dorothy's aunt incensed sheikdom (7)

7: Woman losing head after another fall (9)

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

11: Stimulant produced as choir paid off (11)

14: Fewer chant Sumo beaten (3,2,4)

17: Arena performer's damage involving time and trouble (7)

18: Ancient historian understood America (7)

19: Moscow politician revolting in style (7)

20: Hit essayist with flower (7)

24: A quaintly pleasing accent (5)




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