Crossword for Thu, 8/Jan/2009

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Across
2: Devil and saint share presentation (13)

9: Ed hates broken earphones (7)

10: Helps jazz musicians after the first (7)

11: Hang poor Democrat from the east (5)

14: Everyone in exhibition lacking in character (7)

15: Worry about Democrat's chief staff group (5)

16: Moderately amphibian, for example, by the middle of the creek (2,1,6)

17: Excellent pornography and liquor brought back fun after dark (9)

20: Be of use to a head covering, we hear (5)

22: Naked bronzed French hunk veiled in paper-thin kerchief (7)

23: I have a head nurse turning up birthmarks (5)

25: China to convert to a biblical place. (7)

26: Heads of Asian countries hope the United Nations gives attention to Germany (7)

28: We hear you require complete articles for this royal thriller. (7,6)

Down
1: Hook Id display in religious showdown (5)

2: Stone or card (7)

3: Reportedly is nostalgic for wife (3)

4: Capture perfect score in review (3)

5: Conducted fight in tent, it's clear (11)

6: Make milder ground sausage (7)

7: Clannish discourtesy cut short a Radical (7)

8: To pry into turn-around for aircraft support (9)

12: He wrote a bit of poetry! (3)

13: Bend in Pennsylvania court case related to revered founder (11)

15: Force prisoners to exercise (9)

18: Girl set to clean up bad meat (7)

19: Satire will become popular (4-3)

20: In the manner of a girl (3)

21: Ways of approaching a goddess without middlemen? (7)

24: Bar one not keeping heart of bargain (5)

26: Residue has scattered (3)

27: Polygraph unexpectedly traps vandal (3)





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