Crossword for Sat, 12/Apr/2008

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Across
1: Masters' final foursome tees off -- 'Singh-ular' start (6,3)

3: Very loud intrusion spoiled its cross words (5)

6: Simple addition in cult film (4,5)

9: Hellish center for immigration? (5)

10: No, I save up for escape (7)

12: Intercom portended no East-West accord (7)

14: Mann's 'Death in Venice' Dorothy sent up (3)

15: Big flowers for VIPs? (4,7)

16: Criticise a computer analysis of famous passage (6,5)

19: Take a turn or a thousand dollars (3)

20: Place new requisition about the brotherhood (7)

21: Ways of approaching a goddess without middlemen? (7)

22: Down by one shot (5)

23: Roll dirt and clay round tip of thumb with three fingers (9)

24: Peeled, making Pop embarrassed? (5)

25: Hurt a wagtail the day before cracking crossword (9)
Down
1: Person with fixed notions is pretty sore, upset about the introduction of Ebonics (11)

2: Word in a lexicon describing kind of number (7)

3: Employ heart-broken Spartans where disaster came to pass. (11)

4: Taking ones cue from subsequent courtship (9,4)

5: Call for help oddly stops (3)

7: On your feet! (8,5)

8: Go over the highlights of a racehorse's comeback (5)

11: Feeling threatened, suggested concealing identity (11)

13: Mixed greens and teals, so dad's remodeled (6,5)

17: Edible root on grapevine equals 200 milligrams (5)

18: Approaching related band, apparently (7)

22: Lifeblood of dope (3)




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