Crossword for Thu, 9/Aug/2012

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Across
1: Leaving firm when dating (5,6)

6: Equips for attacks (4)

8: Knot a rope in the great out-of-doors (4-3)

10: Nancy and Kenneth picking up sample of exotic cloth from China (7)

11: Hellish center for immigration? (5)

12: Catches misusing teen slang (9)

15: Come through, for the most part; at end of course, make a series of holes (9)

16: Making out but not frosting (5)

17: Accommodate bear (3,2)

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

20: It's initially recording automobiles speed, leading to charge (5,4)

22: Interprets, for the audience, the woodwinds (5)

24: Indulgent Russian premier hosts English Tory's leader (7)

27: Cosmetics queen holds kickoff for 'Nasturtium Wash' (7)

28: Plan to return with woman (3)

29: Okay shot ripped tears in butt (6-5)
Down
1: A garden ornament makes men go mad (5)

2: Mary-Jane crochets her Pop a jumper (11)

3: Barque, for one, is a trio-tutor (5-6)

4: In the manner of a girl (3)

5: Club with space for some money (3)

6: Perfect conviction ends trial (5)

7: Clear vision of no assistance (9)

9: Outspoken one-time Houston gridiron pro and mathematician (5)

13: Employ heart-broken Spartans where disaster came to pass. (11)

14: 27-across about starting off 1-down world unconditionally (2,3,2,4)

15: Fastener made from crumpled ripple pac (9)

19: Newsman Bradley accepts men, correct? (5)

21: Material extracted, sent back (5)

23: Remove a couple of statues before writing on some tombstones (5)

25: About....about right? Wrong! (3)

26: Clean oneself, but in reverse (3)




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