Crossword for Fri, 11/Sep/2009

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Across
1: Mild expletive for a sea-faring people? (9)

6: In favour of an outer garment for protection (5)

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

10: Reportedly is nostalgic for wife (3)

11: PAL: part of acronym (5)

13: Pass mould (3)

15: Cant this band collect any moss? (7,6)

17: Aunt Peg really messed up the cheap seats (6,7)

18: God! Get real! There's no point getting upset (3)

19: Not here? No, no! (5)

20: Freshen the atmosphere (3)

22: Ball-horses are travellers! (5-8)

24: A revolutionary New England state or an Indian state (5)

25: Chat host rated poorly in malicious room (9)

Down
1: Lug worm finally being a symbol (5)

2: How to secure man-haters at last (5)

3: Sadly curtail urge for land cultivation (11)

4: Concluding words: cloning is wrong (2, 7)

5: Cross chest located in New York (5)

6: Consumed and digested tea (3)

7: New York decries eccentric period of medical training (9)

8: The state of a fresh garment (3,6)

12: Carelessly let teeth rot completely (2,3,6)

14: Shock with exclamations while mounting horse (9)

15: Fresh ardor mellows outbursts on the highway (4,5)

16: God, assuming olden right, creates yellow weed (9)

19: Measure of heat in the empty room (5)

20: Proficient in arithmetic, starting with short division (5)

21: Part of stair is erect (5)

23: Rohmer hiding unit of Resistance (3)





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