Crossword for Thu, 3/Mar/2011

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Across
1: Pull 500 from newfallen snow (5)

4: He appeared to cross-breed elms. (9)

9: May start to get sick? Catch postal container (7)

10: Taking out ruler after Year One (7)

12: Taking ones cue from subsequent courtship (9,4)

13: Headstrong stag takes over the marsh grass (5)

15: Famous Quaker drops last Quaker correspondent (9)

17: Lie in Fiat car; be deformed (9)

21: Last words from some hidden voices (5)

23: Challenge the bench in retaliation. (13)

25: Warning: Reverend Spooner's run off with newspaper (3,4)

26: In Italy, what I can hit when drunk? (7)

28: A wind, and not a holiday period (36)

29: He told tales about a love with foresight. (5)
Down
1: Plan to return with woman (3)

2: Very loud inside during youngsters' kind of ball (7)

3: Maverick starting to buck in wind (5)

4: Grouper swimming to make new formation (7)

5: Bats staying in dark (7)

6: Wild ermine encaged years here?! (9)

7: Free time is symbol of Hawaii, certainly (7)

8: Get into the archeology scene. (3)

11: Short line in letter back-fires (5)

14: I can still hit a little bit (9)

16: 19-across, perhaps, bites indeed (5)

18: Listen to more adventurous rock (7)

19: Land filled with rain is OK (7)

20: Apprentice relinquishes heart to temptress (7)

22: Scandinavian seafarers' six greatest leaders (7)

24: Mania distorted true inner self (5)

25: Control escape (3)

27: Rascal and wuss taking week off (3)




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