Crossword for Mon, 26/Oct/2009

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Across
1: Publication for children (5)

4: Old file is destroyed in valuable Arab lands (3,6)

7: Officers mentioned coat (7)

8: Obese principal is a chump! (7)

9: Something good made by dwarf barber, perhaps! (6,7)

11: The time before the first woman (3)

12: Exciting moment, actor as reviewer (11)

14: E.g., told story about cave-men (11)

15: Nothing we have to pay (3)

17: Repeated note to help player? (6-7)

20: Was pertinent Associated Press page misrepresented? (7)

21: Grandma takes Mr. Thalberg to the 'State of Oblivion' (7)

22: Grows wrinkled (9)

23: Pay for remedy (5)
Down
1: I am to beat urge (7)

2: Inspects old radical for a moment (5, 6)

3: Lease bad tripod (5)

4: Discover treasure hiding in plain sight (5)

5: Alludes to convicts holding up Italian (9)

6: Exotic cider as cocktail (7)

8: Most attractive are quick to adopt rage (7)

10: Conclude a recitation off-key (11)

12: Persuade you to buy low-cal, so to speak, for unsightly fat (9)

13: Planned modus operandi led in both directions (7)

14: Tami, soaking up sun, waves (7)

16: Draw out unknown performer before court (7)

18: Rings for the groups (5)

19: Returning sailors receive a penny for singular catch (5)




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