Crossword for Mon, 12/Oct/2009

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Across
1: Flower shop nosh about $41 (5)

3: Write down 'In mink, not frozen'? (9)

8: One may be a very long time (3)

10: Rifles protect lady from 16-down overhead (11)

12: Determine Cartesian coordinates? (9)

13: Left a port near Dubrovnik (5)

14: Mussel I cooked for breakfast fare (7)

15: Crazy, angered, mad, (7)

17: Betraying no emotion when Greek god has first expired (7)

19: Leaders of trendy American politicians, in old collars, apply starch (7)

21: Made new, breaking away from tired ideas (5)

23: This is truncated, or the end's off (9)

24: Just grazed the pasty? (4-7)

25: Without it, set call for recompense (3)

26: Smokey's threat turning up deep in northern parts (5,4)

27: Pulls Americans (5)

Down
1: Too many weapons perhaps for this type of bowling! (7)

2: Fastener made from crumpled ripple pac (9)

4: Have no uncertainty - speak out (7)

5: Plays without a wee measure of drinks (5)

6: Bugler to stand playing in fields of war (13)

7: Oriental talc dispenser deserves acclaim (5)

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

11: Maxes out tests (5)

16: It's truly deep at sea, so they say (9)

18: Nits are possibly more unpleasant (7)

19: Instrument on top of tree or shrub (5)

20: Name successor in speech? (7)

21: Collars rowdies in the audience (5)

22: Theologist embraced love's point when medicated. (5)





Solution (Reversed)
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