Crossword for Mon, 24/Mar/2008

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Across
1: Confuse cast (5)

4: Harsh taxes on certain salts (9)

9: Help found in Adelaide. (3)

10: Sadly curtail urge for land cultivation (11)

11: Neither's partner participated in an orchestra (3)

12: French king rested after a tumble and swaggered (9)

13: Emergency room stocks one sensitive organ (3)

14: 28 Invitation for man to get a cent on November 5? (5,3,3,3)

16: Goes through ere sixpence circulates (11)

19: Inflexible yet adjusted (3)

20: Endearing syrup! (9)

23: Direct object (3)

25: Tag his shirt in order to discover if he's only a little bent. (11)

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

28: Tear down and show a lack of respect for Mickey (9)

29: Pompously speak of no tax (5)
Down
1: Prepare for onset of torrential downpour (5)

2: It's initially recording automobiles speed, leading to charge (5,4)

3: Kent, in part, reportedly has wheels (5)

4: Startled, grabs sailor (3)

5: Correcty confused city ref (7)

6: Family accounts (9)

7: One who regrets following initial tendencies is increasingly sincere (5)

8: Stateside bananas: most like a rock (9)

12: Sprinted fleetly? (3)

13: Shocked ensemble leader with ascending note during concert (9)

14: Pita with pickled caper for each person (3,6)

15: Relaxed back at vicarage with a NZ channel (6,3)

17: The final deep depression embraces the descriptive term (7)

18: A hint for the snooker champ? (3)

21: Brings home vases, reportedly (5)

22: Web directory you always heed, often online initially (5)

24: Boy gripping top of pine tree (5)

26: Anger that is constraining response (3)




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