Crossword for Thu, 14/Jun/2007

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Across
1: Bar mail of unadorned capital (5,6)

6: Requires five kills, or a single accurate shot. (3)

8: Powerless to move, as shiner tremendously shows (5)

9: Turkish ruler appearing in a widely distributed album (5,4)

10: Serious changes at the end of a kind of train (5)

11: 16-down cousin waves at gorilla (9)

14: Foresees a three iron, just as Cassandra did. (7, 6)

16: Those who study bugs' motion got less confused (13)

19: Chat host rated poorly in malicious room (9)

20: Silent, cat backs away from it (5)

21: She's providing us with a minder (9)

24: Making a comeback in White Horse Inn, a musical heroine (5)

25: Clear initial rubbish in drain (3)

26: Does the wandering hero duly hostess perplex? (7)

Down
1: Gambler in the middle to call and raise (5,2)

2: Too old for love - a woman, for example, rejected (7)

3: 15-acrosss toilet pot? Rubbish! (5,6)

4: Clean oneself, but in reverse (3)

5: Man, what an avant-garde US artist! (3)

6: Early missionary or saint in a European setting (7)

7: Bore stopped outside ancient city (7)

11: Shot at lure? (7)

12: Smaller golfer (7)

13: Leaving firm when dating (5,6)

15: Meeting to deploy the marines (7)

16: Finished holding second half of tour; it's lasted (7)

17: Not much time for supporters (7)

18: Crossword compilers are dogs. (7)

22: Uninitiated stoop to finish (3)

23: Is Pat suitable? (3)





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