Crossword for Tue, 4/Nov/2008

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Across
1: Hesper's fresh fields (7)

5: Without a bit of Retin-A, stops wrinkles (7)

8: Birds lay first of eggs on parts of shoelaces (7)

9: Alien put in L.A. marriage (7)

11: Celebration geared for retirement (6,5)

13: Uninitiated stoop to finish (3)

14: Split particle following before (7)

16: Bring on trendy dog (5)

18: Valuable coat of arms positioned (5)

19: Mr. Upton dressed, one suit being just like any other? (2-5)

21: Clean oneself, but in reverse (3)

23: Playwright rethinking copyright wrangle (4,7)

25: Keep rolling and swelling, Doc! (7)

26: Chosen one renders deer fat (7)

27: Frank turned brown sitting on mountains (7)

28: The control is over that way (7)
Down
1: Mountaineers drawing female inside hot springs (7)

2: Forms of robbery involving hoisted flags (4-5)

3: Lodge heard discharge (5)

4: Call for help oddly stops (3)

5: Invention to trick four into a stupor (11)

6: Dessert is said to be set. (5)

7: More stable, or slide around (7)

10: I'd party wildly after hitting this? (3,4)

12: Criticise a computer analysis of famous passage (6,5)

15: Extreme aims voiced (7)

17: Bravery drops a non-drinker easy start for marrow! (8)

18: Sinatra improved, becoming a master of his craft (7)

20: Tapping the rear of fashion model (7)

22: Vegetable has red cap (5)

24: English novelist is in future a delight (5)

26: Period email feature (3)




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