Crossword for Thu, 14/May/2009

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Across
1: Girl hatches subterfuge in prison tower (11)

5: Call for help oddly stops (3)

7: Call on telephone about lock (7)

8: Fish or insect for captain (7)

10: Hole put in curtain by large cat (7)

11: Decline a stab in bum (7)

13: Famous pianist's inclination for vocalizing (5)

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

15: Jacket feature from copy seen in fifties (5)

16: Pompously speak of no tax (5)

18: In no state to contain a pregnant virgin? (3)

19: The instruction for derelicts is inclusive (5)

21: After start of century, Maud, I'm mixing a yellow pigment (7)

22: Undercover agents concealing surplus (7)

23: Banker maintains a Greek swimmer (7)

25: Not in action referred to (7)

26: How to eat the heart of marsupial (3)

27: Western retreat satisfactory, accepted by canoeists and surfers? (3,8)
Down
2: Uncovered references containing name for certain flowers (7)

3: Furious persons cry for the lure of the wilderness (4,2,3,4)

4: Something good made by dwarf barber, perhaps! (6,7)

5: Lifeblood of dope (3)

6: Reformed drinker helps a water distributor (9,4)

7: To initiate into communist units, they carry the vital gas. (3, 5, 5)

8: On your feet! (8,5)

9: Rolling wave rolls into Rolling Stones song (3,3,4,3)

12: Height is equal to three-fifths of the first one (3)

17: Help found in Adelaide. (3)

20: He was called to defend complicated Fed rate (7)

24: Venomous enemy lurks in Caspians (3)




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