Crossword for Mon, 1/Mar/2010

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Across
1: Like animals in reconstructed stable, dry at last (7)

5: Equips for attacks (4)

7: Clown with a tail. (3)

9: Escalating naked conflict (3)

10: Alice, Val or 10-across exploit lotus-eating? (2,5,4)

11: Flower, large one, set up outside (5)

12: This food won't give you a heavy feeling (5,4)

14: Gradually reduce European Community requisitions for playback devices (4,9)

16: Ned Lunig, thrown inside, openly seen to be crapulous (13)

18: Woods and the entire group making cut-off in advance (9)

20: Driverless wagon approaches Y with great pains (5)

22: Inept casino confused the issue (4,2,5)

24: Managed in lower Antwerp (3)

25: Begins seeing another divorcee? Deplorable. (3)

26: Implement box for young cat (3)

27: To hear's possible in this (7)

Down
1: To fascinate a disagreeable female we turned in (7)

2: March follower off with pair left behind (5)

3: Big flowers for VIPs? (4,7)

4: Sing gist of laudatory ode loudly (5)

5: Senseless and sick to pass up one calorie (9)

6: Grant loud colour (3)

7: Patrick Team cooked chicken (5,4)

8: A girl in distress, sought by knights (5)

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

14: Supposed hot desire gnawed (9)

15: Lada, for example, gets favourite treatment for VIPs (3,6)

17: Bomb compartment - note damaged weapon (7)

18: Concentrate on projectionist chore (5)

19: Tours river, merging initial impressions with remembered legends (5)

21: Silent entertainer comes around and turns into talkative one (5)

23: Sort of uninitiated cheat (3)





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