Crossword for Wed, 12/Sep/2007

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Across
1: Missed hoax set up to trap Sunday drunk outside saloon entrance (4,5,2)

7: Chain some; cuff objectors (3)

9: Belgian port getting rid of an idiot (5)

10: Slacker is riled, unfortunately (5)

11: Very slow backtracking through formulaic algebra (7)

13: Italian composer making endless noise, sir (7)

14: Tits are flying birds (7)

15: Suppressed and overturned, it's taken flight (7)

16: Top dog in hiding from distemper organisms (7)

19: Savage welcomes United Nations' interment (7)

21: Last offer (4,3)

22: Kidnaps sailors swimming around the Channel (7)

23: Monsieur is immersed in unspecified French river (5)

24: Swamp creature resting tail on a rocky outcrop (5)

26: Now Elton heard California's big one (3)

27: Small drinks for each young man's agent (11)
Down
1: Clothilda is carrying a parcel (3)

2: Actor James in mix with actor Carney (7)

3: Lifeblood of dope (3)

4: Risks finally taking strolls (7)

5: Garments for many knights, thanks to British poets (7)

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

7: Sickened to have almost dropped plough (4,3)

8: Pretty girl takes part in outdoor cooking? No just toys (6, 5).

11: Watering devices found in run-down orange sheds (6, 5)

12: Intruders bury proles in pieces (11).

17: Employ new, rare chemical compound (7)

18: Trailer crashed in second test (7)

19: Sparks from auto backing up over tree (7)

20: Eric, having set off, repeats something memorized (7)

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

25: Managed in lower Antwerp (3)




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