Crossword for Thu, 9/Aug/2007

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Across
1: Crave to badly ham it up (7)

5: Quiver made from wild elm root (7)

8: Thirteenth in a series, ER's about an Aussie racketeer who took repeated slams? (7)

9: A legendary string player, he joins us after turning professional (7)

11: Equips for attacks (4)

12: Mussel I cooked for breakfast fare (7)

13: Managed in lower Antwerp (3)

14: Hold up congressman ... (5)

15: Show attendant a part of the bible (7)

18: It's not the editor in chief that looked threatening (7)

20: Boasts about the birds (5)

21: Terrier shows how to stray (3)

23: Franklin eager to conceal paternity (7)

24: In the manner of a girl (3)

25: Problems from exchanging 1st double for a couple of triples (7)

26: One copy of Duran Duran, last in Mexican town (7)

27: One who fought animal doctor ran after horse, ultimately (7)

28: Unpopular cad escorted around shopping malls (7)
Down
1: Ned Lunig, thrown inside, openly seen to be crapulous (13)

2: Two detectives produce a cosmetic (3,6)

3: Collector is slow mover garnering southern selenium (9)

4: Leather factory or solarium? (7)

5: Ace swallows pastry tart (7)

6: Fairs with examples of sex positions (5)

7: Madison's statue (5)

10: Changed musician not so offensively pious (13)

16: Erotic gem represented design using simple shapes (9)

17: Nasty sea bandit did not drink. (9)

19: Black hole shows how droppings take time (7)

20: Name of girl getting praise in secret service (7)

22: Settle on shattered torso (5)

23: At first, Los Angeles boy obstinately refuses work (5)




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