Crossword for Wed, 6/May/2009

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Across
1: Prig had ma conceal midriff (9)

6: Mark in Russian bar, empty the night before (5)

9: Zoom back from the deeps (5)

10: Bystanders are ready to see Queens (9)

11: Wooded hillock forming part of Arthur's territory (5)

13: Dry out. Heated? Dry out (9)

14: Reportedly is nostalgic for wife (3)

16: Thus might florin study a silly timekeeper (3-3,5)

19: Person with fixed notions is pretty sore, upset about the introduction of Ebonics (11)

20: Root for mounting might (3)

21: Essays about old dramatic works (9)

23: Not moving yet (5)

24: Curing bad meat in English river (9)

25: Adore inconstant nymph (5)

27: Slip in terror (5)

28: Vulgar and insipid (9)

Down
2: Consumed and digested tea (3)

3: Concealed hot part of psyche (3)

4: Effective arrangement by one decent person (1,4,4)

5: Gardener's concoction left in a lot (5)

6: Weapons in a womans speech (11)

7: Poem about social worker left with grace (9)

8: Follow in broken suede shoes (5)

9: Plots get Cuban revolutionary leader in a terrible mess (7)

12: Carelessly let teeth rot completely (2,3,6)

15: Show sadness when fruit gets cut out (4,1,4)

17: Slippery deck spots are on either side (9)

18: Mortified humans - fifty per cent felt great pity (7)

21: It comes back to the levy (5)

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

25: Nothing we have to pay (3)

26: The time before the first woman (3)





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