Crossword for Thu, 23/Aug/2007

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Across
1: Surprised fat southerner heading west to execute media mogul Turner (13)

8: Lawyer keeps it short (5)

10: Leave the cabin paneled with shakes (7)

11: Drive away roofing material before farmhouse becomes a target area (8,5)

12: Notices substituting first paragraph for up town witticisms (7)

14: Cuts taxes (7)

15: Nobleman, with honour from the Queen, in stud hangout? (7)

17: Venture to comment, 'War God stands in light' (7)

18: The man with lack of skill shows cruelty (13)

22: D*** petrol pump sample? (7)

23: Inexperienced reporter wearing South American diving gear (5)

24: On your feet! (8,5)
Down
1: Falstaff's first clever lie (5)

2: Ace girl gets it wrong (5)

3: Mechanical worker pushing start button in the depths of the plant (5)

4: Musical direction for an old poet (7)

5: Gradually reduce European Community requisitions for playback devices (4,9)

6: Rejecting help, soldiers taking numbers for identification (9)

7: Always heading off without getting paid (9)

9: Holder of strange ritual of troll (5,8)

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

13: Sander, too, bothered dust devils (9)

16: Built exotic deer, etc. (7)

19: Small town, oddly, has room (5)

20: Healthy noise (5)

21: Loud den has style! (5)




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