Crossword for Mon, 27/Nov/2006

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Across
2: Send back gangster's gun to get ID (3)

4: Tiny weight once you're in (5)

7: A representative may be a scamp (3)

9: How to get around doing business, essentially (3)

10: 4-down Arias hit high note in some of the lungs (3,3)

11: Naked bronzed French hunk veiled in paper-thin kerchief (7)

12: Tweak with wrong end of a pin (3)

13: Against space race effect (5)

15: Give Adele a seat in said fortress (7)

17: Dress up fakes without a shred of compunction (5)

18: Analyze rotten pears (5)

20: Commanding officer is a roll call nut (7)

22: Regarding Mutt, make a comeback? (5)

25: Consumed, beginning at the end (3)

27: Alien in spa written up for 'a display of greenness'? (7)

29: Number One in facetiousness (3)

30: Scottish philosopher doffs cap before flipping bird (3)

31: Pronounced ability to smell negative votes (3)

32: Accommodate bear (3,2)

33: Implement box for young cat (3)

Down
1: He went off to Nod, taking second-rate cottage (5)

2: Drunk stops to heave (7)

3: Hold onto string and file (5)

4: Silent entertainer comes around and turns into talkative one (5)

5: Innocent bystanders ultimately interrupted by one of the locals (7)

6: Following conference's end, wild riot is focus of 'Call' published opinion (9)

7: Sort of uninitiated cheat (3)

8: Everlasting variety for Peter and Paul (9)

14: Bumped into yours truly at junction (3).

15: Cold imperialist pockets $1000 regarding ancient cousin (3-6)

16: Cost very little when companion partied wildly outside (4,5)

18: Standard style of music rejected (3)

19: Serious musical talent at home (7)

21: Closest home receives attention (7)

23: Create an impression on an envelope? (5)

24: Side-face, or front? (5)

26: Bring out French nobleman with ease (5)

28: Taverns quoted cool clique (3)





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