Crossword for Wed, 28/May/2008

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Across
1: Hear Native American appeal (3)

4: Sanctioned half of values I saw (9)

9: 4-down Arias hit high note in some of the lungs (3,3)

10: Trashy dime novel about American sex symbol who's not all there? (5,2,4)

11: Perhaps a bathroom contractor is mentioned to a former president (5)

12: Man, what an avant-garde US artist! (3)

13: Shakespeare character speaking overhead (5)

14: Swine met end, tied and dyed (9)

16: Principle unaffected by revolution (5)

17: Strength of army (5)

20: Drop in rent keeping me housed after last month (9)

24: The Spanish derelict is too much for the church office holder (5)

25: Residue has scattered (3)

26: Proportion of formal speech needing to be trimmed on either end (5)

27: Invention to trick four into a stupor (11)

28: Scale Ten after taxes (3)

29: Its very like a mess; rebel appears at fault (9)

30: Venomous enemy lurks in Caspians (3)
Down
1: Eat late, taking in a floozie's new business (5-2)

2: Nut hounds famed Arizona shooter for something to deaden the noise (7)

3: Daydream about one American patriot (7)

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

5: Sexy Liberal goes to small United States Territory (5)

6: Moulded indicator of irrevocability (3-4)

7: Cost of teaching cooking to Inuit (7)

8: D*** petrol pump sample? (7)

15: All the cards, plus cards held by ship workers (4-5)

17: 'Beat it, mister!' said con man (7)

18: 'Rats!' snorted Dotty (7)

19: Amplification device for 'Murder, a Novel' (7)

21: Composition of eastern grave (7)

22: Making it as One Nation (7)

23: Pet pig backing up after starting to tap dance (3-4)

25: Smithys workplace agreement not originally despicable, not totally! (5)




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