Crossword for Wed, 6/Feb/2008

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Across
1: Bar shows low returns after first of the month (7)

5: Jay and I invested in lard-like snacks (7)

9: Poles in trouble with character from Greece (7)

10: Bloody bored inside (3)

11: Bounder beheaded by slippery swimmer (3)

12: Nick shouts - and theres trouble brewing! (3,5,2,3)

13: Rings for the groups (5)

14: One country or another entertains Jolson (9)

17: Make an attempt at a basket weaving (4,1,4)

19: Reportedly hoist Jeter of the NY Yankees (5)

20: Finish suddenly, like an oboe? (1, 4, 2, 3, 3)

24: Walesa still embodies how Nobel Laureates soar? (3)

25: In no state to contain a pregnant virgin? (3)

26: Nits are possibly more unpleasant (7)

27: Drug matures thick soups (7)

28: How Danson signs letters inside out? (7)

Down
1: Pay for remedy (5)

2: Writer producing page behind a king (9)

3: Stan's partner is central to Follies (5)

4: What incompetent repairman says to beggar? (9)

5: Many Christmas trees ultimately left in the best place? (5)

6: Unfinished riding gear for Indian town (7)

7: 'Elfin' featured in 'Complete Enya' (5)

8: Auction to stem persuasive patter (5,4)

13: Making Athenian weaver drink an informal toast (7,2)

15: Material wealth (9)

16: Thief dressed in scarlet (9)

18: Diverting a dupe with wrong input (7)

20: Something useful - like a matching collection? (5)

21: Has great success taking in an unspecified number of intimates (5)

22: Dispatch Socialist in contempt (5)

23: Challenged Ruby after district attorney (5)





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