Crossword for Wed, 27/Jan/2010

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Across
1: Four runners usually talk about YMCA in the morning (5,4)

5: Inspects quantities of beer (5)

7: A contractor builds or he rents (9)

9: Angry Raider not silent (5)

11: They say he trembles before the eastern lords. (7)

12: Shot at lure? (7)

13: Trap with hands? (3)

15: Conducted fight in tent, it's clear (11)

18: Fashion term heartless: Feeling up Blossom (6-2-3)

19: Terrier shows how to stray (3)

20: Buzz, exhausted, is brought down (7)

22: Talked about an urban area in the NW (7)

25: Moulding material to be included in upcoming miniseries (5)

26: Welsh resort - and no dull resort (9)

27: A couple of eerie bears look quietly, and slip away (5)

28: Beings massing or migrating (9)
Down
1: Climaxes after starting advances (5)

2: Free trade: highest bird for lowest bill(5)

3: Birds in the wilderness (5)

4: It's normal if evil?! (6, 3)

5: Actor works on two dialects (5,8)

6: Pump witness (9)

8: How a diver might marry (4,3,6)

10: Direct object (3)

13: An oral examination is not advised if one has this sort of foresight (4,5)

14: And not in town, ordinarily (3)

16: Supply weapons to a fool? No! Its a South American mammal (9)

17: I am reported to leer (3)

21: Reportedly is nostalgic for wife (3)

22: Some unpretentious language! (5)

23: Turned aside helpers (5)

24: Excellent bowls for cooking furry critters (5)




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