Crossword for Fri, 7/Oct/2011

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Across
1: Check out tailless fish swallowing speck of dust with hand-held device (6,7)

8: Nature photographer leans out (5)

9: Icon got in by mistake under an assumed name (9)

10: Backsliding, Pa reels drunkenly (7)

11: Fairs with examples of sex positions (5)

13: First-class puzzle originally from Ontario is available (2,3)

14: Forgetful of cinemas craft (7)

16: I misread _Times_ article's final detail (7)

17: Lists scoundrels (5)

18: Inspects quantities of beer (5)

19: One who does not believe in Castro (7)

21: Praiseworthy naval officer, English, found around boat's prow (9)

23: Pointer: 'Start off thin' (5)

24: Nick shouts - and theres trouble brewing! (3,5,2,3)
Down
1: Grow, taking head of iceberg to show again (5)

2: Decorative plant spray to put in shelter (9)

3: Big flowers for VIPs? (4,7)

4: Minor change in the White House? (6-3-4)

5: Fix the oil platform ... (3)

6: Ms. Lane swallows last of lean cuts of meat (5)

7: Fool, failing to finish, follows sprints (9)

9: Free sex, lips in beer; it's beyond words (13)

12: Organized fatso follows start of precise measurement including pound of seasoning (11)

13: Found jumbo rig in a teamster's parts (9)

15: Smokey's threat turning up deep in northern parts (5,4)

18: Heavenly visitor to arrive on time (5)

20: Mere owl inhabits large yard (5)

22: Three kernels of copper-yellow grain (3)




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