Crossword for Mon, 16/Jul/2012

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Across
2: End of Oslo peace process making things less clear (13)

8: Approach hoist (3,2)

9: Odds dropping at each word, the happy rhea Ezra bred becomes unpredictable (9)

11: Believer with no head for bank job (5)

12: Mussel I cooked for breakfast fare (7)

13: Arsenals periodicals (9)

14: Padre's sensibly covering attire (5)

15: Woodland deity posed six months (5)

17: Other way round!, deputy angrily avers (4,5)

21: They say he trembles before the eastern lords. (7)

23: Puzzle over the end of soccer coach (5)

24: Change order: Raise scope (9)

25: Tiny bit of self-interest (5)

26: Stupidly sits in ice, snow with Packers fans? (13)
Down
1: Lincoln, an emotional actor, embraces supporter (7)

2: Zero writing for 'humble' Wilbur's speech? (7)

3: Prize pate spread (9)

4: Popular buzz over an animal (7)

5: Seal simpers forlornly (7)

6: Part of American's eerie pronouncement after a miracle (1,3,3)

7: Underworld boss can be found among crazy sun-worshippers (7)

10: Sounds like everything: a bore (3)

14: Deviant fellow following Esther Williams at times (9)

15: Box put on line for bird (7)

16: Tutus can serve to conceal Donatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael, say (7)

17: Scandinavian seafarers' six greatest leaders (7)

18: Cretins wrecked the water tank! (7)

19: Rejections concern enthusiasts (7)

20: Toxin obtained from coarse nicotine (7)

22: Terrier shows how to stray (3)




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