Crossword for Thu, 30/Nov/2006

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Across
2: One in Dickens role is Sir Laurence (7)

6: Savings plan question starting to intrigue certain Middle Easterner (5)

8: Radicchio tastes good in little bits. (5)

10: Gained a hearing (3)

11: The percolator, repulsively, contains a pancake (5)

12: Considers playing his top card for the apartment above Ivana's. (6, 4, 5)

13: Article was definite: It said Canadian fish and elk combined can have disastrous results (especially if python is added). (3, 6, 6)

18: Severely criticise Astor novel (5)

20: Louse can rise (3)

22: Calculated average time (5)

23: and 15 Novel alternative excised from huge spits (5,12)

24: Doctor gives a new vault to the potentate (7)
Down
1: Irregular bouts of activity suit beach scrubbers (4,3,6)

2: Again Italian couple is late (7)

3: First cryptic?! I nail it! (7)

4: Guided into the West (2,3)

5: Came up with an invitation at last for the Man in Blacks daughter (7)

6: 49 + 51: 101? To start with, that's wrong (7)

7: Uncovered selection is of considerable size (5)

9: Free sex, lips in beer; it's beyond words (13)

14: Try to seduce (7)

15: Little woman at her lowest point (7)

16: Love nest a real sign of being pretty easy (3-4)

17: His naps possibly reveal what Dali was! (7)

19: Enough messing with me, pal (5)

21: Practise using public transport (5)




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