Crossword for Thu, 7/May/2009

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Across
1: Apparition in Hampton maze (7)

5: Straightening up, lost dignity (7)

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

9: Knew a radical in stir (5)

11: Revels too bad for former President (9)

13: Complain about the horse (3)

14: Curse the mother country? (9)

17: German painter in a southern state (5)

18: Children nicely holding back secret (5)

19: Itinerant labor packing fruit for Great White Hunter? (5,4)

20: Taverns quoted cool clique (3)

21: Telling of beer jokes brings uproars (9)

24: Gutter seamstress (5)

26: Actress Ann admits painting one's sorrow (9)

28: One who reads each consumer (7)

29: Templates lacking a bit of taste for houses of worship (7)
Down
1: Ships use up aid at sea; remain in a grave situation (4,2,7)

2: Enticements disrupt mental rules (11)

3: Worthless even when recycled (3)

4: Do tell! A puzzle found in a cornfield? (5)

5: Not here? No, no! (5)

6: Ever-practical, Mr. Vader keeps own little piggy (4-2-5)

7: Sort of uninitiated cheat (3)

10: ...near fishing boats stocked with cold bait (5,8)

12: Questionable realtor robs preacher (4,7)

13: Crazy to clean sons in awful mess (11)

15: A representative may be a scamp (3)

16: Neil lost a letter and ended up with nothing (3)

22: ...or stuffed with the alternative (5)

23: Learn of teacher's initial courage (5)

25: Escalating naked conflict (3)

27: Thumb Drum? (3)




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