Crossword for Mon, 7/Aug/2006

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Across
1: Mediterranean leaves unfashionable coins? (3)

4: I bang rock, disturbing snake (4,5)

7: Flower festival is pointless (5)

9: Painting a beard (7)

10: Start reducing salt? (3)

12: However, you expect trouble at first (3)

13: Too old for love - a woman, for example, rejected (7)

16: Fabled creature: She controls men's fooling around (4,4,7)

17: Banners waving in British position (15)

23: Have sheriff's helpers joined Nazi police (7)

24: One final, huge Greek goddess (3)

25: One may be a very long time (3)

26: Song about death for lover of Theseus (7)

28: Perfect conviction ends trial (5)

30: Happen to capture position (4,5)

31: Aliens set off (3)
Down
1: Talk about rent for a piece of property (7)

2: Inflexible yet adjusted (3)

3: Before much time has elapsed a nobleman takes that over there (5,2)

5: Sounds like a wolf on the coast (3)

6: Consumed and digested tea (3)

8: There's uranium in many a flower (5)

9: Against space race effect (5)

11: Judges playing conkers? (7)

14: Going after the final piece of puzzle for a very long time (3)

15: Skill is extremely tangible for a performer (7)

18: Frost to cover the cake (3)

19: Publication for children (5)

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

21: Nits are possibly more unpleasant (7)

22: Records that could be hits (7)

26: Perform part of play (3)

27: Sort of uninitiated cheat (3)

29: The time before the first woman (3)




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