Crossword for Sat, 25/Apr/2009

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Across
1: Questionable realtor robs preacher (4,7)

7: Clown with a tail. (3)

9: Taint corrupted giant (5)

10: Cop is studying flat surface (9)

11: Crazy to clean sons in awful mess (11)

13: Provoke Church of Scotland's absent leader (3)

14: Butts in front of people, breaking drinks (5)

16: Sprinted fleetly? (3)

17: Siphon windy painter? (5)

19: Maverick starting to buck in wind (5)

21: I am reported to leer (3)

22: Great tax year after new condition (5)

24: Mink, for one, may fly when theres trouble (3)

25: Inept casino confused the issue (4,2,5)

28: Sport for the crook, with minimum weight (9)

30: Wander around stove (5)

31: One may be a very long time (3)

32: Watering devices found in run-down orange sheds (6, 5)
Down
1: Frequently decimal? (5)

2: Not many cooked? Just the opposite (7)

3: Called oriental area (5)

4: Steer TS into alternative routes (4,7)

5: Managed in lower Antwerp (3)

6: Got used to western city after it eliminated a lot of noise (7,2)

7: Top Aussie golfer in string-woven bands (7)

8: Classic gibberish (5)

12: Privy to accessibility (11)

14: Right, turn right to play with robot (3)

15: Choosing to sing about vote (9)

18: Looks like an eyesore, sounds like an eyesore (3)

20: Book half written by sculptor or composer (7)

23: Allies see Resistance being captured by brutes (7)

24: Falstaff's first clever lie (5)

26: Sit on the fish (5)

27: Hordes of unions' speakers (5)

29: Start reducing salt? (3)




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