Crossword for Mon, 11/Jun/2007

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Across
1: Gained a hearing (3)

3: Clearances for the first couple of characters to find answers. (11)

8: After arrival, pair of ghosts making noise of frustration (5)

9: The basis of coffee remainders (7)

11: Lankiest teen group lean with little energy (9)

12: Writer deserts pea-green match (5)

13: Each time, I lost message for Alice (3,2)

15: They hang on to legal fees. (9)

17: Limbaugh, getting into cable, is liable to be overwhelmed (9)

18: . . . before the last apprentice is put in the ground (5)

20: Buff the French coin (5)

21: Ale curing outbreak of nervous pain (9)

22: French song composed by German boy in study (7)

23: Acquire something enclosed by muslin curtain (5)

25: Small drinks for each young man's agent (11)

26: Aliens set off (3)
Down
1: To be a cowboy in a northern range by the Sound (7)

2: And not in town, ordinarily (3)

3: A cold fish embraces that woman's mortal weaknesses (8,5)

4: Rebs to can fresh edible crustacean from southern states (5,4)

5: Slender flame's emanation (5)

6: Corner I established confines the most unruly (9)

7: Siblings who have orderly habits? (7)

10: End of Oslo peace process making things less clear (13)

14: Type of sketch taken from thin album (9)

16: Whip me. Our lust is timid (9)

17: Wildcats left out in capital (7)

19: Tapes note on particular kinds of trousers (7)

21: Starts to name Olivia Newton-John 'Country Entertainer' for the time being (5)

24: A hint for the snooker champ? (3)




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