Crossword for Tue, 3/May/2011

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Across
1: Loudly certain Woodbridges a near-certainty (5,4)

6: Dear benders (5)

9: Straw hat worn by soprano with big mouth (7)

10: Ring twice in ramshackle tudor having no roof (7)

11: Taverns quoted cool clique (3)

12: Pick up line for first man swinging both ways? (5,2,4)

13: Spins grilles around axis (7)

16: Headless rodent left by bird (5)

18: Analyze rotten pears (5)

20: Fancied whos coming to dinner, we hear (7)

21: Upset top duo; I went and confessed (5,2,2,2)

24: Spinner step (3)

25: Responds to a state with a royal bearing (7)

26: These often go with crosses but they mean nothing really! (7)

27: Oriental talc dispenser deserves acclaim (5)

28: Smear record colour - that one (9)

Down
2: Retro gents in exotic parks (5)

3: Lug worm finally being a symbol (5)

4: Desired rotten insults (7)

5: Winter creation initially scares dwarf. Ms. Landers to listen. (7)

6: Symbol of hierarchy to church holds no value (5,4)

7: Nothing, nothing in shape (5)

8: Beat it and ran, for example, with Girl Scout ingredients (9,4)

9: Modernise rear, in the opinion of escort (5,2,2,4)

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

15: Most popular batter rested in dugout at last (9)

17: Call for help oddly stops (3)

19: Former spouse was a model, it's revealed (7)

20: The basis of coffee remainders (7)

22: Arenas almost filling with the hooter (5)

23: One who regrets following initial tendencies is increasingly sincere (5)

24: Hook Id display in religious showdown (5)





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