Crossword for Sat, 24/Jan/2009

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Across
1: Quiet floor decoration is a sign of indifference (5)

4: Escorted place for investment? (2,7)

7: Group of lawyers is attending sports events, so we hear (9)

9: Expert standing in an area at the front of the stage (5)

10: Free sex, lips in beer; it's beyond words (13)

11: See its violent broadcast? (10,3)

14: Rise as in throw, perhaps, showing fitness to fly (13)

17: European sage knew a novel novel (9,4)

18: Game for drunkard (5)

19: Cooked moist rice is a sexual stimulant (9)

21: Corner I established confines the most unruly (9)

22: Bouquets of flowers, freshly opened (5)
Down
1: Mark Jr? (7)

2: Trailer crashed in second test (7)

3: Dry vegetarian, about to like this puzzle, perhaps? (6, 7)

4: Anger that is constraining response (3)

5: Gymnast produces hybrid of car and boat (7)

6: Perennial champs look for no upset (7)

8: Nanny, for example, entertained by young pig (3-4)

9: Liquidation of one country led by pair of fools (13)

12: Talked about an urban area in the NW (7)

13: Draw no fire (7)

14: Silver cap for crewless name (7)

15: Opponents of Vietnamese lost a TV war (7)

16: Plots get Cuban revolutionary leader in a terrible mess (7)

20: Cot is unmade for short month in fall (3)




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