Crossword for Fri, 2/Oct/2009

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Across
1: God! Get real! There's no point getting upset (3)

3: Watering devices found in run-down orange sheds (6, 5)

9: Fool gets share of standards in 25-down (13)

10: Infection leads from partly uncooked steak (3)

11: Bigoted, ideological extremes in preamble to bill are misguided (9)

12: Burial of radical author steeped in meaning (9)

14: Glint of silica in neat crystal (5)

15: Balance a plate of fish? (5)

17: Settle standard kilometer (4)

19: Collector is slow mover garnering southern selenium (9)

20: Backblock not all there (3)

23: Liquidation of one country led by pair of fools (13)

24: A Hollywood star upset about paparazzi hub in crude social event (6,5)

25: Bounder beheaded by slippery swimmer (3)
Down
1: Bad call involving entrance to our neighborhood (5)

2: Approach hoist (3,2)

3: Shorebirds' tricks (5)

4: Migrate to swing and Joplin tunes (7)

5: Paul wears shirt the wrong way to provide shoulder covering (7)

6: Make known one pound increase after high school (7)

7: The joint action of substances is messy; ring doctor! (9)

8: Dressing of malt and beans to make horse tender (9)

12: Lined salt shaker made ready for use (9)

13: Scratches container with a Mark of Sorrow? (9)

16: Man sees bananas in a bunch (2,5)

17: Sissy's fabric cleaner suggested by the Rev. Spooner (7)

18: Closer to morning, sound of storyteller follows organ (7)

20: Substantial time at your patch (5)

21: Childish nonsense before the last trip (5)

22: California has an artificial waterway (5)




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