Crossword for Sun, 6/May/2007

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Across
1: Born and raised, it is whispered, to make money (5)

4: Four tight ends holding a private conversation (4-1-4)

9: Start reducing salt? (3)

10: Write off aggregate (5)

11: Got excited by unusual tulip (3,2)

12: Heavy metal group X (4)

14: Six strange, strange winegrowers (9)

15: Corn whiskey for the French King. (7)

16: Hang South American author at crack of dawn (7)

18: Certain engines stall less jerkily (7)

19: Uncovered some letters written back in Sumerian epoch (4-3)

21: Chap securing pad or new sponsor (9)

23: Perfect counter-spy equipment (3)

24: Adjust to initially having little juice (5)

25: Bring on trendy dog (5)

28: Backblock not all there (3)

29: Flat fish and fruit alone (5,4)

30: Cross chest located in New York (5)
Down
1: An animal which flies high but comes back for a place to wash (7)

2: Excitedly rerun tape for thrill (9)

3: Period email feature (3)

4: Child is to depart, finally (3)

5: Fast times with company cracked high-strung recruiter (6,5)

6: A properly run lottery might be a complete success (1,5,5)

7: Each time, I lost message for Alice (3,2)

8: Sex and dope are wrong, it's revealed (7)

13: Bill board reflected family meal extra (5,6)

14: Trashy dime novel about American sex symbol who's not all there? (5,2,4)

17: Rejected, for the most part, unlikely chance to buy rubbery substance (9)

18: Appreciate it: a large data format (7)

20: Quickly assemble dry pail (7)

22: Better armed in illusion of sleep (4)

26: A hint for the snooker champ? (3)

27: Control escape (3)




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