Crossword for Thu, 25/Dec/2008

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Across
1: Bury with arms and legs but no head (5)

5: We would embrace tightly in marriage (7)

9: Pick up line for first man swinging both ways? (5,2,4)

10: Animal hiding in abattoir (3)

11: Padre's sensibly covering attire (5)

12: Hellish center for immigration? (5)

13: Totally lacking a lofty plaything (3)

14: Dryest arts die painfully (7)

15: Ruler's wife appearing last month in Yemen's capital (7)

19: Birds lay first of eggs on parts of shoelaces (7)

21: Shout it out loud - alternatively, mutter quietly (7)

22: Behind and down and out (3)

24: Cloth was dug up! (5)

25: Outspoken one-time Houston gridiron pro and mathematician (5)

26: Taverns quoted cool clique (3)

27: Clearances for the first couple of characters to find answers. (11)

28: Certain styles of class sat uneasily (7)

29: Small crewmen back rockets (5)
Down
1: I'm to intercede without delay (9)

2: Bugging two items of personal adornment (9)

3: Syrian mother with a part in a play (9)

4: Site of ASU school near Tuesday's storm (7)

5: Dawdles aimlessly and walks funny (7)

6: Beat outright a small French romantic (5)

7: Revolution -- or small-time? (5)

8: Little Tom's pot (5)

16: UCLA urea tests involve internationally recognized scientists (9)

17: Shock with exclamations while mounting horse (9)

18: Articles by the uncentred Hazards - they usually indicate omissions (9)

20: Vice exploits body cavities (7)

21: Templates lacking a bit of taste for houses of worship (7)

22: Lawyer keeps it short (5)

23: Mister T ignored Scrooge (5)

24: Compiler retains memory of emotional episode (5)




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