Crossword for Sun, 29/Jan/2012

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Across
1: Lepers treated by North Dakota specialist? Brilliant! (11)

7: Bend in the middle and wind back (3)

9: The sound of a piano is excruciating (5)

10: Tender translator of runes (5)

11: Right, turn right to play with robot (3)

12: Composer found in a red hot oven? (9)

13: Polish hollow late Russian coin (5)

14: Fling an item of furniture (3,5,5)

17: Changes direction with care, as befits a benefactor. (4, 4, 5)

20: Eastenders' David gets on most people's (5)

22: Coaches of 'Cryptic' curst nits (9)

24: Bloody bored inside (3)

25: Swamp creature resting tail on a rocky outcrop (5)

26: De Bergerac hugged bird on return (5)

28: Now Elton heard California's big one (3)

29: Person with fixed notions is pretty sore, upset about the introduction of Ebonics (11)
Down
1: Control escape (3)

2: Piece of pottery containing drink to make beast tender (9)

3: Old physician in sheltered church (5)

4: Baseball team against exhibiting high principals in old Assyrian capital (7)

5: Fumbles about and trips (7)

6: Draw the knot (3)

7: Get rid of Bush (5)

8: Watering devices found in run-down orange sheds (6, 5)

12: Weapons to attack BS, involving way with words (11)

13: Expose to heat in opening of red-hot kiln (5)

15: Articles in 'Divers Times' (5)

16: Incorrectly read pitch for a song (4,5)

18: Girl set to clean up bad meat (7)

19: Watch, say (7)

21: Raced around a tree (5)

23: True side (5)

25: Oxygen is pretty amusing. (3)

27: In fear of wheat head (3)




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