Crossword for Fri, 18/Sep/2009

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Across
1: It's over, over, over, kept apart by past payment (7)

5: Reduces strain from years of tension (7)

9: Three kernels of copper-yellow grain (3)

10: A representative may be a scamp (3)

11: Wine and cheese brought back by Gershwin? (7)

12: Rifles protect lady from 16-down overhead (11)

13: Perfect counter-spy equipment (3)

14: Mild guess: I die reassembling a nasty weapon (6,7)

17: I'll go geld guys - suprisingly he laughs raucously. (7, 6)

21: Right, turn right to play with robot (3)

23: Crazy to clean sons in awful mess (11)

24: Ingrained reaction at home for wildlife (7)

25: Five kills one. (3)

26: Worthless even when recycled (3)

27: Kitchen appliance is banker's first loaner (7)

28: Desires evil lives (7)
Down
1: With great strength holy man stays above reproach (9)

2: Choice bergamot subdues growler (7)

3: Real idiot garbled opiniated commentary (9)

4: Leave the cabin paneled with shakes (7)

5: Turn over in outskirts of Sydney 2000 is a sign (7)

6: Some people differ about Castro (5)

7: Bizarre exits are... (5)

8: Not blunt instrument - it has point on front (5)

15: Avoids seeds, pits, nuts (9)

16: Increases scales; ate sloppily (9)

18: MP insiders use NATO referendum (7)

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

20: Yielded gutlessly, taking in hopeless cheat as he sailed by. (7)

21: Boxer Max returned, holding heroin, for treatment (5)

22: Buff the French coin (5)

23: Observed no Knight (5)




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