Crossword for Fri, 17/Apr/2009

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Across
1: A strike about fair regulating (9)

5: Ball tops over-ripe bananas (3)

8: Appealing rubbish tip (9)

10: He is found in the alloy described (5)

11: Far away Princess Street lay before the worker (7)

12: Starts to prepare every kind of European tea (5)

13: John Hancock in great US maneuvers (9)

14: Youngster giving wounded first aid (5)

15: Cat, or what it does having lost its head (5)

16: Giant fish, note, approaches Italian city (not capital) (9)

18: Short time for the Irish (5)

20: Banker maintains a Greek swimmer (7)

21: Put a new value on what secret agent is hiding (5)

22: Closely observes public transport viewing problem (9)

24: Inflexible yet adjusted (3)

25: Word of agreement disrupted trade at club a few hours ago (9)

Down
1: Claims, and retracts, 'Actress Ward Uses Hair Product' (7)

2: Spinner step (3)

3: Neat plastic hash pipes (9)

4: Canadian water ordered for regal tea-break (5,4,4)

5: Flower shop nosh about $41 (5)

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

7: Get cosy slip due to fray (5,2)

9: Aunt Peg really messed up the cheap seats (6,7)

11: The star of 'Ellen' has at folks with substandard morals (11)

14: One fowl and yet two foul (9)

15: Oration garbled in Canadian province (7)

17: Fixed penalty for 9 (7)

19: Crew had dinner, we hear (5)

23: Help found in Adelaide. (3)





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