Crossword for Mon, 10/Dec/2007

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Across
1: Idler, forced to exercise, could be this! (5)

4: Curly: 'Listen, Moe, rock' (9)

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

10: Dishonesty perpetrated by crooked raven in Kentucky (7)

11: Girl mostly into turning inside out - it's never ending! (11)

14: A contractor builds or he rents (9)

15: Two-inch crab used on and off in pagan rites (5)

17: Whacked repeatedly in the ear (5)

18: Young horses mistakenly resign early without hesitation (9)

20: 27-across about starting off 1-down world unconditionally (2,3,2,4)

22: Dexterity is an insult, so we hear (7)

23: Traumas rocked large island (7)

25: Drunk feeding passes to receivers (5,4)

26: Initially, teaching language using few words (5)
Down
1: Massage central skeleton for money (5)

2: Fall fall stops? (6,3)

3: Period email feature (3)

4: Non-clerical song (3)

5: Trespass upon a moniker exploited by commercials (4,7)

6: Some unpretentious language! (5)

7: A Gore follows a Ryan (5)

8: Cleopatra and her court's quirky pet saying (9)

12: We hear he pillaged while he played. (5)

13: Bright-sounding agenda touches on heavyweight legend (5,6)

14: Dealers left out of catalogues (9)

15: Mount Ahab, say (5)

16: The bandleader channels energy.(9)

19: Wicker basket a North American Indian left (5)

20: Its near the tradesmens entrance after dark (5)

21: Balance a small plate (5)

23: Call for help oddly stops (3)

24: Ran into a section of the time-table (3)




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