Crossword for Mon, 27/Feb/2012

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Across
1: Oriental festival on the first of November (7)

6: Puts a stake on the defence (5)

9: Half of them should have had an idea (7)

10: A first class fuss about 50 per cent vote for fruit (7)

11: Multiple notes keeping youth leader youthful (4-5)

13: Familiar King, now reign at its end (5)

14: Admittedly lying about times tabulated (7)

15: Fiction position (3)

16: Call for help oddly stops (3)

18: Concealed hot part of psyche (3)

20: Control escape (3)

22: China to convert to a biblical place. (7)

24: Drank up in station (5)

25: Never out of order, a Kennedy is greatly admired (9)

26: Climactic age opal tossed (7)

27: Observe - we are hearing Snout's presentation for the main defence (3,4)

29: No spot for weather forecast before snow approaches (5)

30: Corias crazy for last pirate (7)
Down
1: His stable is unstable, it's found (9)

2: Questionable chits rejected by Abbott (7)

3: Encourage horse led with direction. (3)

4: Spotted like a cheesecake? (7)

5: The shoe fits? Caught in abomination! (7)

6: Bar mail of unadorned capital (5,6)

7: Prisoners drawing in some light colours (7)

8: Demonstrated the way in which to keep poles apart (5)

12: Sly dog covers horses for dancers (3-8)

17: At first, Sonny and Cher having bizarre duel with one providing slots? (9)

19: Mistakenly laid mop in sheepskin (7)

21: Number against great Rugby Union brothers producing a short work of fiction (7)

22: Forgetful of cinemas craft (7)

23: Mad at Oscar for broken pottery, writing on it (7)

24: Tied down holding back fighting (5)

28: Song is a gas (3)




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