Crossword for Fri, 18/Nov/2011

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Across
1: ABC mascot collapsed tunnels (9)

6: Redesigned color name tag (5)

9: Beat it and ran, for example, with Girl Scout ingredients (9,4)

10: ... and soon it will be read as etc. (3,2,2)

11: Finally, Julius Erving's helping (7)

12: Either way, it's flat (5)

14: Flower part to lapse badly (5)

16: Order directions for growing grass? (5)

17: Pitch out heartlessly the cards. (5)

18: A methodical soldier? (7)

21: Custom in Communist radical uprising (2, 5)

23: Diet, sir! Clergy upset with fat constituents (13)

24: Row (but not in front) and get mixed up (5)

25: Notice French ruler at exam is most dexterous (9)
Down
2: Sleepy returned it, blushing (5)

3: Judges made this committee cut lawn around Monday (6,3)

4: Mother loiters and pretends to be ill (9)

5: 'Pops' is very unhappy in retrospect (5)

6: Crazy ogre royal? I hear you! (5)

7: One who concentrates on princess, yet ignores her at first (9)

8: Changes direction with care, as befits a benefactor. (4, 4, 5)

9: A little sports car, let to harassed Southern belle (8,5)

13: Sanctioned half of values I saw (9)

14: Show off Mark's Mazda Miata, for one (6,3)

15: Mixed bag to drain into tip or refuse (9)

19: Level called for salary increase (5)

20: Seaport of royal Tamerlane? (5)

22: City that cowboys used to avoid (5)




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