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Arthur

2009-05-21T11:15:00.008+10:00

Across
1 M's amoral history spun into heroic rise and fall by this fellow (3,6,6)
9 Consciousness sent out for stratagem about hunger (9)
10 Provoke noisy arguments (5)
11 Batman was law-abiding (7)
12 Cross king had fellow thrashed (7)
14 Old money managed to get into football club (5)
15 In olden days, men had skinheads call back (4)
16 Attempt to add colour to Hayward movie cut short (4)
18 Apt description of seaman (4)
19 How a gambolling horse might be halted (4)
20 South African greeting for black man thought well of in India (5)
23 European fellow follows another (7)
24 Typical military leader grabs girl (7)
25 Used hemp smoke and this for description of speed? (5)
27 Angry kung fu star stands in for one licensed to kill in small
quantity (9)
28 Work by Tennyson, or Elvis? (6,2,3,4)

Down
1 Vicious female has women, but not men, put in rack (3-4)
2 Once and Future Conferences? (5,6)
3 Geissler, fashionable and wealthy, granted prefix His Excellency (8)
4 Hero of African campaign being slain by Apollo, source of Arthurian comedy (5,6)
5 Understand ocean noise (5)
6 Singular debt arrangement - a thing borrowed by Caesar? (6)
7 Knocking back liqueur, halo slips from director (3)
8 Gave way to used yttrium instead of tungsten (8)
12 Legendary adulterer's feverish loins are to receive tender loving
care (3,8)
13 Dread nemeses appearing in 4's film 'Champions of Belfast' (7,2,2)
17 'Open Sesame!' say leaders of those who make tea (8)
18 Based on precedent, religious head getting into artificial insemination (1,6)
21 Fund account work not yet done (7)
22 Laid back about perversity? Abysmal! (6)
26 His brother had head chopped off, alright? (3)
27 Sign out the front of Camelot? (1,1,1)

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Huh?!

2009-03-17T15:16:00.011+10:00

Across
1 Shakily (lacking selenium), I jolt father whose face fell (3,3,3,5)
9 Stale fart daughter expelled - an Australian tourist attraction! (5)
11 Impact alert devices for those crashing about (9)
12 G-man gets us killer shirt (6)
13 Originally raped Sabines to rattle some Orthodox Christians (8)
15 Wow! Doctor reborn on the radio?! (3,4)
16 WASP's throne's thrown (7)
17 Due to hear some poetry (3)
18 Farewell meal for Australian churned madly (7)
20 Shocking variety of grace from choir (7)
23 Boomerangs certain to interrupt short sleep (8)
24 Declared coup d'etats (6)
26 With Rod absent, how to catch one name amongst many? (9)
27 Francis 'Boy' Bufflehead (5)
28 Extraordinary article on noisy power unit by canonical writer (4,3,7)

Down
2 Pinochet respected for nothing (7)
3 Sailor quietly tosses ass cloth (4)
4 Beat skull of predator (10)
5 Surprised at fat composer playing some other fellow (13)
6 Control the function of talk in sports (7)
7 Is unhelpful in bringing the metric system in? Depends (7)
8 What is the meaning of this question for Jersey? (3,3)
10 Nuts over fellow with bad haircut? Australian shocked (7,6)
14 By his word, Dan certainly holds martial arts to be
entertainment (5,5)
18 How scar was problematic where new models are exposed (3,4)
19 Hesitation before sanction of prosecutor of folk religion (7)
21 Fashionable retinue well organised (2,5)
22 Lord and subjects revered them (3-3)
25 Drink noisily, like cha (4)

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Shakespeare

2008-06-11T16:21:00.006+10:00

Across
1 The kind of language he used in 20 but not in 11 (5,7)
9 Out-of-towner is said to have appeared in Merchant of Venice (7)
10 Less transparent gemstone falls short. Some varnish? (7)
11 After Quebec and India, a drama (5,3,6)
13 Arab statesman equally unhappy (5)
14 Pontius Pilate might have used this sailor with degree of
wickedness (4,5)
16 Attack exocet going wayward in turbulent air (9)
18 Soldier has majority of best insults (5)
20 Comedy of interest the law corrupted (3,7,4)
24 South American money people (7)
25 International organisation lacking morals let off (7)
26 Store takes Roller from petty crim (12)

Down
1,23 Play sounds more regal (4,4)
2 Edgy souvenir shy one camouflaged (7)
3 Tensile member pulls at stocking (9)
4 Fellow back to take in superior Irish girl (5)
5 Sounds like boot-scooters will perform this at Chinese New Year (4,5)
6 Philosophical dichotomy expressed in military acronym (5)
7 Cruise South first, capturing tin monitor (10)
8,17 His calendar is out of date but he still has a month for play (6,6)
12 The kind of alibi without which one might be sunk (10)
14 Toilet visits were overwhelming experiences (4-4)
15 Gorgeous gal grabs a gun. Think nothing of it (9)
17 see 8
19 Papal edict - tail docking a certainty for beast of burden (7)
21 Perhaps non-callow sallow? Othello's fellow swallows millions (5)
22 Queer sounding line most direct for sailor (5)
23 see 1

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Flyers

2008-04-23T09:21:00.005+10:00

Across
1 Radical medico grabs a short stick (7)
5 Writer arrives in the Parisian church (2,5)
9 Australian native worker not liable? I replace learner in
restructuring (7,8)
10 Dance breaks half way through for refreshment (3)
11 Electronic diesel travels away from weather (7)
12 Desired boundaries shifted for genteel address (3)
13 The governance you get when, perversely, mule is king (7)
14 Provisional force celebration (4-2)
19 Scarpered? Police department corrupt! (6)
21 25 of the French to measure brightness (7)
25 Dance breaks half way through for porridge (3)
27 Those in shows have monkeys for audience (7)
28 Tear for the departed (3)
29 Australian homemaker, one like a king, receives supplicant
chick (6,5,4)
30 Live with upper class in what remains (7)
31 Walks on auguries (7)

Down
1 Instruct cast of 'As the Crow Flies' (6)
2 I'm in a state, at how imaginary characters seem to be alive... (9)
3 ...but Lear went mad in an ordered fashion (7)
4 Jersey music-makers intimidate ringers (8)
5 Chance for a visit (4-2)
6 Yours truly follows the life force. The sun god follows a mad dream (7)
7 Staggers about on the Spanish Steps initially (5)
8 One-time rioter went mad outdoors (8)
15 Making a big deal about what goes on in the darkroom (9)
16 I take advantage of women for doctor, perhaps (8)
18 Human Resources staff have an obligation to enter Public
Relations (8)
20 Spoken hint one didn't take heart from (7)
22 Losing head. Stressed out. Runs away (7)
23 Doppelganger might suffer this kind of whammy (6)
24 Copious quantities of garden tools (6)
26 Drink given the arse by you. And I say, 'Get stuck in!' (5)

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Perhaps...

2008-04-09T11:44:00.008+10:00

Across
7 What editor did with mob in street (6)
8, 26 Limited future for this international organisation as ally heads off on search for gold (8,8)
10 Parts with phone over gentle disagreement (7,3)
11 Round after round of love Italian style - male piles in (4)
14 Vague thoughts of slinking about (8)
15 Tricked by pudding man (6)
17 Expensive 'in' phone card carried on soldier's hip (7)
18 What's required if one feels dirty from penchant for British
Airways? (7)
20 Leered at perversion I led (6)
21 Change of transport, ie. car, van (8)
23 No time for talk of ship (4)
24 Such lack of navigational knowledge? Completely impossible! (2,3,5)
26 see 8
27 Swedish ready for official who throws out company and installs
king (6)

Down
1 Craig's messed up acidity in art works (8)
2 I don't believe you are giving birth to a goat (5,7)
3 Breakdown dead certain when uprooted (11)
4 No unknown for famous pet detective (5)
5 Enthusiasm for deconstructing movie without Old English (3)
6 Outstanding example found via dictionary entry (6)
9 Reproduction of mould one finds so racy (7)
12 Long odds of zero motion illness with ship out at sea (7,2,3)
13 Bickers about loot, upset brown-nosers (11)
16 A support for pork by founder of anti-pork league (7)
19 Author supports railway beautification (8)
20 Sartorially elegant diaper succeeded first (6)
22 Set fire to Fruit Orchard Limited (5)
25 Spook 20 down lacking sleep (3)

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Vietnam

2008-04-02T15:23:00.005+10:00

Across
7 Local leaders killed in this resurrected bird show (7,7)
8 Twig goes in gin, with onion heads (6,2)
9,21 Du Pont product rep possesses navel, say (5,6)
12 Sweetheart French good in setter's city? (2,5)
13 General arranges his arms formations in this fashion (6)
15 Turnbull (5)
17,14 Clip on false limb (3,3)
18 Victory over other not hard for pleb (5)
21 see 9
22 Adhesive papers covering lewd bosom, in small consolation, all peeled back (4,3)
25 Turning to and fro, given to flatus (5)
26 Sure holds Northern Territory back from the margin (8)
28 Propaganda campaign follows gonad grab (6,3,5)

Down
1 Opposed to practice for Domino, for instance (6)
2 General from East's ally takes further territory (12)
3 Endearing team's turn after wicket (7)
4 Worn out wasp entertains a bit (5)
5,11 Hold up record of jazz improv session (3,3)
6 Recognised superiority of cardinal's address (8)
10 Fling took fun out of war resolution (4,2,6)
11 See 5
14 see 17
16 Overcorrect? You bet! (3,5)
19 The self is, for instance, nothing (3)
20 Do we do 'H' over such a kerfuffle? (3,2,2)
23 In aim, in effort (6)
24 Headliner monsters one instrument (5)
27 Separatist group is thence due (1,1,1)

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