Crossword for Fri, 5/Apr/2013

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Across
2: Cycles within easy earshot (5)

5: Abandons the tents? (7)

9: Excerpt from selection in 'The Ultimate Life of a Cat,' perhaps (5)

10: Lecturer keeps order in House of Representatives (7)

11: Bunch takes advantage of floating plants (7)

13: Italian composer making endless noise, sir (7)

14: Incomplete raw data lies in largely unexplored regions (4,7)

15: Mr Stewart on the staff (3)

16: Pass mould (3)

17: Don't encourage satellite pace to slacken. (11)

22: Usually regret about loss follows start of stint in AA (2,1,4)

23: Ring writers, each far from land (4,3)

24: Distended, having bolted a stew (7)

25: Pathological bumbler holds a record (5)

27: After the legal thing, give thanks to God and go after the vermin again (7)

28: A great drink. (5)
Down
1: One who tempts peril grabbing leopard's head (7)

2: Club with space for some money (3)

3: Dilapidated sofa contained initially some hot embers: something's burnt remains. (5, 2)

4: Clip of Southern Conservative is very revealing at first (7)

5: Wants Lucy's husband to retire shortly (7)

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

7: Trespass upon a moniker exploited by commercials (4,7)

8: Leisure centre 6-down, storing one like bricks (7)

12: Cereal vermin seized by superb 16-down (11)

16: Confederate poet returned with rather less sparkle (7)

17: Bud tore angrily into Thomas, for one (7)

18: As Rev. Spooner might say, 'Please remain tomorrow' (7)

19: Tumultuous, so I tour around (7)

20: King Lear's daughter bathed in oranges and spice (7)

21: Sums are written up for scholar (7)

26: Animal hiding in abattoir (3)




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