Crossword for Mon, 8/Mar/2010

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Across
1: Tries getting involved in real drama practice (9)

5: I got by in Los Angeles or a North African state (5)

8: Actress Tori, lacking direction, is getting the characters out of order(11)

10: Lick up pal (3)

11: Main nerve carries most central portion (5)

12: Bumps into butcher's display of tongue? (5)

13: You audibly ram partner (3)

14: Do springs help American author? (3,6)

16: Satanic personification in 'Anthem A-Gogo' (5)

18: Idler, forced to exercise, could be this! (5)

19: Aroused with short tutu, mesmeric midsection, and perfume (9)

21: Half disapprove of old king (3)

22: Britannia - she never has blanched (5)

23: Studio sign initially obscured by swirling rain (2,3)

25: Throw out faulty nib (3)

26: Left with pal carrying new gold case (11)

27: Expel National Service Union leaders and heartbreak will follow (5)

28: Fewer chant Sumo beaten (3,2,4)
Down
1: Memorandum maintains a balance (9)

2: Electrical units losing energy . . . and . . . and . . . (9)

3: Sarah has friends from France on a Greek island (7)

4: Tories put out after Liberal leader hangs around (7)

5: Archipelagos concluded thus in Nigeria (5)

6: Bird dog bites boisterous lad (4,5)

7: Enough messing with me, pal (5)

9: Sounds like a bright child (3).

15: Drunk feeding passes to receivers (5,4)

16: Figures wrong girl is hugging nobleman (9)

17: Crude barbarian leads rough search (2,7)

19: Revolutionary near the capital (7)

20: Set free from rising to study at night; Im unambitious! (7)

21: Bleat about delay (5)

22: Uncovered selection is of considerable size (5)

24: Five kills one. (3)




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