Crossword for Tue, 31/Mar/2009

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Across
1: Smorgasbord attendance takes a beating (9)

6: Eastenders' David gets on most people's (5)

9: In the manner of a girl (3)

10: Exciting moment, actor as reviewer (11)

12: Mark in Russian bar, empty the night before (5)

13: Uncommon fly on rare plant (5,4)

15: Checks for means of keeping insects out (7)

17: Machine spindle starting to mistime; also about to begin labouring (7)

18: You should remember this about French menu phrase (1,2,4)

20: Clannish discourtesy cut short a Radical (7)

22: Central Slovak airport damaged 16-down (9)

23: Plate through the nose for lasso (5)

25: Intruders bury proles in pieces (11).

28: Concealed hot part of psyche (3)

29: Smoked salmon for the auditor with hair (5)

30: New Moslem art depicts turbulent situation (9)
Down
2: Trade stolen items to guard (5)

3: Discharge from Greek island (7)

4: Doctrine for some Kiwis makes sense (3)

5: Take a turn or a thousand dollars (3)

7: Authoritative feline vet, perhaps, spreading cure (9)

8: Reformed drinker helps a water distributor (9,4)

9: Like a high ranking diplomat's awful ambrosia salad (13)

11: Gripped by instrument, a longish claw (5)

13: Particular esteem (7)

14: First of all, you undercooked my meat; I enjoy roast more flavorful (7)

16: Ice trails guide down to earth (9)

19: Studio sign initially obscured by swirling rain (2,3)

21: Cavities from wrong practices (7)

24: ...or stuffed with the alternative (5)

26: Rohmer hiding unit of Resistance (3)

27: The time before the first woman (3)




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