Crossword for Fri, 18/Aug/2006

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Across
2: Something one has to face: We're boy crazy! (7)

5: Skinned our hens, got back a type of jacket (5)

7: Rocks lure a breeding fish (4,9)

9: Toff aimed to do himself proud. (11)

10: Also, pay somewhat slowly (7)

12: Sitting in tree, sparrow's beginning song (5)

14: African leader reversed stance on fabled writer (5)

15: A strain crippled master craftsman (7)

16: Enticements disrupt mental rules (11)

18: Holder of strange ritual of troll (5,8)

19: City official spread rumor, initially (5)

20: Word in a lexicon describing kind of number (7)
Down
1: Like a high ranking diplomat's awful ambrosia salad (13)

3: Vegetables are chickens? (9)

4: Kent, in part, reportedly has wheels (5)

5: Odd bits of Niacin and Sprite (5)

6: Difficult newspaper or novel (4,5)

8: Deliver a sweetener to mix with your date? (5,4,4)

11: Certain flyer's canteen empty, per Reverend Spooner (9)

13: Android's gold love-apple close to Krypton (9)

16: Love our following morning (5)

17: Slow passage where rebel leader joins in gaol-break (5)




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