Crossword for Mon, 24/Aug/2009

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Across
1: A fellow's legs may be protected by these (5)

4: Exposed record to drop some data (9)

8: Free for all by lack of padlocked freight compartments (2,5,6)

10: Headstrong stag takes over the marsh grass (5)

12: Radical is forced into deal with legal representative (9)

14: Five Gaelic poems (5)

15: Freshen the atmosphere (3)

17: Examples of containers (5)

18: Rare fish goes around and around (5)

20: Small piece of fish (3)

21: Children nicely holding back secret (5)

23: Massive dinosaur hiding in Antigua? No, Donna! (9)

25: I had been at the front, and retired (5)

26: Prosecutor entering motion following air conditioning company manager's initial settlement (13)

29: Urgently compelled president? Sure - with democratic leader (9)

30: Irene's new name (5)
Down
1: Varies order in command? That's debatable (13)

2: What's left when you burn the tree (3)

3: Small drinks for each young man's agent (11)

4: Convertible has odd bar in instrument panel (9)

5: Abstract art is just one step.(5)

6: God! Get real! There's no point getting upset (3)

7: Tranquillises extremely senile escorts (7)

9: Prejudice runs wild in a legal system (13)

11: Wander around inside territory (3)

13: To implicate is innate, swallowing a hundred backing Space Station One (11)

16: Bird accompanying gangster or outlaw (5,4)

19: Ape, bird, teal, buck (7)

22: Neil lost a letter and ended up with nothing (3)

24: Regretted backing up grasping tip of massive object (5)

27: Mediterranean leaves unfashionable coins? (3)

28: In no state to contain a pregnant virgin? (3)




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