Crossword for Sun, 6/Apr/2008

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Across
1: Scrooge in film is erratic (5)

3: Stop the drip; its for future use (9)

7: Game lord holds Nabokov novel with no leading character (9)

9: Free trade: highest bird for lowest bill(5)

11: Yonder string Hansard maintains (3,6)

13: Squaddies took in lecture (5)

14: A fool had peas cooked (7)

15: Red phone, e.g., is out of order in hotel (7)

16: Talk about Spanish river vehicle (7)

17: Scheduled tilt with person in single combat (7)

18: Climp up on horse on high ground (5)

19: Get rid of the botched act, dearie (9)

20: African leader reversed stance on fabled writer (5)

21: Vile dingo disturbed in sinful act. (9)

23: Observed, yet seen so poorly (3,4,2)

24: Ball mislaid? Caned (5)
Down
1: Reportedly is nostalgic for wife (3)

2: Pal teased about crazy snack food (6,7)

3: For Proust, life's purpose springs from remembrance of a torn desire (6,5)

4: Frost to cover the cake (3)

5: Furious persons cry for the lure of the wilderness (4,2,3,4)

6: Lament the first person heard in good judgment (4,3)

8: Nick shouts - and theres trouble brewing! (3,5,2,3)

10: End of Oslo peace process making things less clear (13)

12: Hoarded tiny bits of dryness (11)

16: Circle-drawer combines with 27 to make direction card (7)

21: One final, huge Greek goddess (3)

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




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