Crossword for Sat, 29/May/2010

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Across
1: Intimidated, we tucked into fish (5)

3: Simpletons at home with no money (9)

8: Sissy's fabric cleaner suggested by the Rev. Spooner (7)

10: I'm getting old pictures (7)

11: One out of three released after misstep (7)

14: Get cosy slip due to fray (5,2)

17: The rate changed at movie house (7)

18: A military cap has turned up satisfactorily (5)

19: Take off from small runway (5)

20: Hard to define evil, use 'gone astray' (7)

21: Ape, bird, teal, buck (7)

22: English poet writes about head of Scottish queen (7)

24: Hand down entangled net with water damage (7)

25: Staying awfully dark (7)

27: Leda overtaken by frenzied satyr -- perhaps debauched? (3,6)

28: Identifies men as displaced - best not to be one at 34's (5)

Down
1: Me, in bed with heavenly body? (5)

2: Short bloke discontinued hike (3)

3: Rascal and wuss taking week off (3)

4: 27-across about starting off 1-down world unconditionally (2,3,2,4)

5: Secretly include railroad in family future (13)

6: I see marks on jumbled party favors (11)

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

9: Pal teased about crazy snack food (6,7)

12: Disturbed intruder, pet disturbed. (11)

13: Carelessly let teeth rot completely (2,3,6)

15: Tine expert no good (5)

16: Discounting all odds, teen assured to succeed (5)

23: Tears as leading character in romance dies (5)

24: Beauty stripping top and bottom is an additional feature (3)

25: Looks like an eyesore, sounds like an eyesore (3)

26: Doctrine for some Kiwis makes sense (3)





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