Crossword for Wed, 3/Sep/2008

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Across
1: Kitty's way of saying loudly, 'I hurt'? (5)

4: Deep dirge played for one of unimpeachable heritage (9)

8: Reportedly burned beet (5)

9: Miss, in Rome, indicator or endless final (9)

11: Performs skinning of a flopping fish on the table (7)

13: Hazel's protector, say, makes one mad (7)

15: Stop fooling around with her at tea break (4,1,8)

16: Nick shouts - and theres trouble brewing! (3,5,2,3)

20: Thinking of love and longing (7)

22: Blacked out counter-studies about court (7)

24: Precipitate cheer for Mick Jagger (9)

26: Near a dilapidated stadium (5)

27: The Lilliputians' citizen army? (9)

28: Nature photographer leans out (5)
Down
1: Spices clubs (5)

2: English post-punk singer was very determined. (7)

3: We would embrace tightly in marriage (7)

4: Fathers start to applaud, in afterthought (3)

5: The star of 'Ellen' has at folks with substandard morals (11)

6: Great crowd spirit (5)

7: Record Buttrose with acidity in her final judgment (7)

10: Swore a verb was incorrect (7)

12: Seduce husband-to-be in parlor (7, 4)

14: China to convert to a biblical place. (7)

17: Tide recedes in love, in this version. (7)

18: Shared out fairly, in a parrot fashion (3,4)

19: Perennial champs look for no upset (7)

21: Detailed map I sent off (5)

23: Speak slowly, with upward lilt at the beginning (5)

25: Age of neo-catastrophe? (3)




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