Crossword for Thu, 2/Apr/2009

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Across
1: Period email feature (3)

3: Ruby ran off to marry after a couple of events came to light again (11)

8: A rugs fashionable and rather sweet (5)

9: or creates new mobile sound system (3,6)

11: Waiter forgetting one drink (5)

12: Yogi's enthralled by boundless flings and deviant behavior (9)

13: I'm getting old and you can't get over it (7)

15: An Italian port - New Orleans (7)

18: Woody is to eviscerate Human Resources, that is (7)

19: Bomb compartment - note damaged weapon (7)

20: Small United Nations state (South Korea) getting excellent, if abbreviated, kind of exposure (9)

23: A revolutionary New England state or an Indian state (5)

24: Consigned elegant, short, new dresses in red (9)

25: Tart returns, filled with energy, to provide some special entertainment (5)

26: Celebration geared for retirement (6,5)

27: Attempt test (3)
Down
1: Repudiating a pig that's eating out (9)

2: Difficult situation with drug in back of pantihose (5,4)

3: Pinker and harder to find (5)

4: Depart with unusual tact and order (7)

5: Five Gaelic poems (5)

6: Subsequent supporter for Sideways (9)

7: Hum like a bee? (5)

10: Control escape (3)

14: Large strumpets turned a trick? (9)

16: Reborn near different perfume (9)

17: Choose me! Tory ordered profession (9)

19: Kitchen appliance is banker's first loaner (7)

20: Remove a couple of statues before writing on some tombstones (5)

21: Neil lost a letter and ended up with nothing (3)

22: First-class puzzle originally from Ontario is available (2,3)

23: Fittingly, use following heart transplant (5)




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