Crossword for Sat, 10/Dec/2011

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Across
1: Departed after her heart put in high spirits (5)

4: Neurotic lass edited letter, concealing the way it was rated. (7)

8: Has beach porno upset those repulsed by Web developers? (13)

10: Taking the future into consideration, Chaney acquires farmstead (4-5)

11: Spread hocus-pocus partly for this particular purpose (2,3)

12: Financial ink flowing in boom (7)

15: A sign of winter here in Paris -- clashes when ash is dumped (7)

16: Green-light southern Indian chief (2-5)

17: Lets stand on a cowboy hat (7)

19: Skipped the French army physical training (5)

20: Music direction on, in and at dances (9)

23: Minor change in the White House? (6-3-4)

24: Head is about to allow artists colour range (7)

25: Some wear medals when carrying weapons (5)
Down
2: Double profit repeatedly (5,3,5)

3: Void three stones (5)

4: Emblem of sovereignty that was a quarter-pounder? (5)

5: 22 across, shot and others rustling his cattle (8)

6: Left bus to horse around in underwater craft (9)

7: No bad habits for beginners (7)

8: Unscripted part for head librarian (2,3)

9: One-time philosophical teaching turned him to classics (13)

13: All the same, I lanced it, painfully (9)

14: Chap securing pad or new sponsor (9)

16: Four qts consumed by a statue that came to life (7)

18: Lasso a large animal, making first off for north (5)

21: Duck's primary seducer! (5)

22: Dan is back to Iowa with a famous gymnast (5)




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