Crossword for Wed, 31/Mar/2010

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Across
1: First Lady flees Dame Ednas tantrums (5)

4: Lands filled with soft-shelled creatures (9)

9: Think at length about lost planet, comet (11)

10: In fear of wheat head (3)

11: A favourite car of Seattle natives. (11)

12: Worthless even when recycled (3)

13: Star's drug causes a dark patch (7)

14: Unknown little princess turning food with tongue (7)

16: Make money and set out to be serious (7)

18: Late, reflective Freud revolting, in part (7)

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

23: Just grazed the pasty? (4-7)

25: Club with space for some money (3)

26: Does the wandering hero duly hostess perplex? (7)

27: Relative takes funny pose on glass bridge? (9)

28: Abstract art is just one step.(5)
Down
1: Eric, having set off, repeats something memorized (7)

2: Smuggler participating in arms race? (9)

3: Play faster in last 3/4 of piece with bass held backward (5,2)

4: Sailor takes gym class to slim down (5)

5: Irately blasted the way things are (7)

6: Change at noon (5)

7: Roman date and time that is in Latin (2,3)

8: Exercise time inside (7)

15: Country encircling one's country (9)

16: Before much time has elapsed a nobleman takes that over there (5,2)

17: This'll sound like a Scottish emblem (7)

19: Furies, in ancient Greece or Ireland? Certainly! (7)

20: Final recipient of product ensured indiscreetly. (3, 4)

22: Tears as leading character in romance dies (5)

23: Bored after meals? (3,2)

24: Drinker taking pint from wife, perhaps (5)




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