Crossword for Wed, 4/Nov/2009

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Across
2: Shredded chad, he decrees, is one ingredient (7,6)

9: A Muslim leader's energy efficiency ratio as a Muslim leader (5)

10: Moving haltingly, stopping short of the end (about a foot), by sundown (9)

11: Yes, MBAs worked with a diplomatic staff (7)

14: Drunk stops to heave (7)

16: Stranger's radical party rejected (5)

17: Ross bit nuts in restaurants (7)

19: Snippet from flick I esteem as more distasteful than any other (7)

20: State charted illegal payments (5)

21: Garbs orations that lack publicity (7)

24: Reports of incursions from Thailand lead to angry outbursts (7)

25: Souped-up car halted at Winchester church. (9)

26: Perfect conviction ends trial (5)

28: Rap wave using scab? (6-7)
Down
1: Fancied poem composed in comfort (5,2,4)

2: A hint for the snooker champ? (3)

3: Terrier shows how to stray (3)

4: Add pantry to make dude! (9)

5: Just conservative (5)

6: Dislikes laughter set-up (5)

7: Quite put out, doctor axes red tape (11)

8: Bounder beheaded by slippery swimmer (3)

12: Bar mail of unadorned capital (5,6)

13: Notice District Governor in the cyperaceous plant? (5)

15: Mixed greens and teals, so dad's remodeled (6,5)

17: Ms Starr has a gun, a mere toy (9)

18: Abstract art is just one step.(5)

22: Shiny flat-bottomed boats heading north (5)

23: Get rid of Bush (5)

25: Its a firm, small lettuce (3)

26: Sort of uninitiated cheat (3)

27: In fear of wheat head (3)




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