Crossword for Sat, 30/May/2009

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Across
1: Bird is short distance behind husks of wheat (9)

6: Prohibit couple from erotically wearing less clothing (5)

9: Explosive device held by one failed candidate (7)

10: Six lions play fiddles (7)

11: How might thirteen yearn to meditate? (4,5)

13: Raise streamlined submarine stabilizers! (5)

14: Father Brown's latest femme fatale (5)

17: A little sister at Oxford - she inspires love poetry (5)

18: Scrabble piece having D and a diacritical mark (5)

19: Colors of trombones on the outside (5)

20: Got excited by unusual tulip (3,2)

21: Alto I somehow kept in the dark, back during interactive broadcasting (4,5)

24: I'd returned broken cover part, officially (7)

25: Daring time to ship (7)

27: Snoopy, no? Yes, in retrospect (5)

28: Tired Aussie died in an abattoir? (9)
Down
1: California has an artificial waterway (5)

2: Pitcher, lunatic, not married (5)

3: What this puzzle is (3)

4: Philosopher trashed Zen ethics (9)

5: Paradise without second shelter? (5)

6: Bar mail of unadorned capital (5,6)

7: Throw a fit as ice is tossed in shower (5,4)

8: Red Square leaders picking up wild stories with electronic gear (9)

12: A Hollywood star upset about paparazzi hub in crude social event (6,5)

14: Got used to western city after it eliminated a lot of noise (7,2)

15: Terribly versatile family (9)

16: Columbine takes stage during repeated Iolanthe opening, in blue-green (9)

21: Adjust to initially having little juice (5)

22: Miserable raise follows poor grade (5)

23: Had dressed formally without a hat (5)

26: Telekinesis pinches Albanian coin (3)




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