Crossword for Thu, 23/Sep/2010

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Across
1: Arenas almost filling with the hooter (5)

4: Sounds like I hit it into orbit (3,6)

8: Tradesman confined in nurses embrace (9)

9: Taverns quoted cool clique (3)

11: Wrath, dear, turned in a lower direction (9)

13: Brings home vases, reportedly (5)

14: Mathematician's analysis of former Vice President's movements? (9)

15: Boy scurries around Alabama parlor (5)

16: Siphon windy painter? (5)

18: Multitalented near-phony described by 'vile' (9)

21: Hand out Kleenex, wiping away a bit of tears (5)

23: Delilah, practically bare, cuts hair! (9)

24: Mr Stewart on the staff (3)

25: A country, one said, in trouble (9)

27: Bad habit with respect to girl of the Governor (4-5)

28: Hardly a booze commercial nymph (5)
Down
1: Minor change in the White House? (6-3-4)

2: Now Elton heard California's big one (3)

3: General's horse galloping to dangerous coasts (3,6)

4: Draw out unknown performer before court (7)

5: This would make me a lord (7)

6: Disgusting donut turned a greenish color (5)

7: Before long 1000 French to be having Sunday fowl (7)

10: Get the wrong idea, damn it, distressed about breaks (13)

12: Fix the oil platform ... (3)

15: Neat study trashed ... more at eleven (4,5)

17: Stapling a strict clump of stomach (7)

18: Unfortunately, given to nay-saying (7)

19: Redesign it about Elle. (7)

20: Frost to cover the cake (3)

22: Bush, senior (5)

26: Find out scout (3)




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