Crossword for Sat, 14/Apr/2012

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Across
1: Explosive device held by one failed candidate (7)

5: Ingrained reaction at home for wildlife (7)

9: Greek characters suggest dawn (3)

10: Don't encourage satellite pace to slacken. (11)

11: Air transport for the lumberjack? (7)

13: Get with a Chicago threesome, the night before a big event (7)

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

17: Opening event in cruise: Iran art display (7-6)

20: Certain Asian set in bronze? Oh, sure (7)

21: Burst forth from incredibly deep rut (7)

22: Sadly curtail urge for land cultivation (11)

24: Telekinesis pinches Albanian coin (3)

26: Hardy's first note about novel heroine: she's entertaining (7)

27: The French inheritance given up by a former French colony (7)
Down
1: No one told sister (3)

2: Reportedly is nostalgic for wife (3)

3: Agree to make Lucifer wicked? (3)

4: Hold spellbound in the tenth rally (7)

5: Grass present round container (7)

6: Telling of beer jokes brings uproars (9)

7: Exchange concealed proprietary knowledge (5,6)

8: Draw the knot (3)

11: One who impersonates a policeman giving hip dude a leading question.(7)

12: Questionable realtor robs preacher (4,7)

14: Not all colleges say education is attempted (7)

16: Learn and teach about grief (9)

18: Puzzle with no more significance abroad (7)

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

22: Residue has scattered (3)

23: Going after the final piece of puzzle for a very long time (3)

24: Carries most of sea-bird back. (3)

25: Short bloke quietly escaped seaweed (3)




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