Crossword for Mon, 2/Jun/2008

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Across
1: Toff aimed to do himself proud. (11)

6: Pass mould (3)

8: Short line in letter back-fires (5)

9: Kidnaps sailors swimming around the Channel (7)

10: Simpletons at home with no money (9)

12: Heretic repented, holding tissue (5)

13: Bunch of devotees arouse group (3,4)

15: Defence work to smell a rat all over again (7)

16: Pattern upset clients (7)

18: Softly, French author questions socially correct behavior (2,3,2)

21: Artist back on the issue of causing inflamation. (5)

22: An oral examination is not advised if one has this sort of foresight (4,5)

24: Furniture style improper for formality (7)

25: Squeeze in a pash (5)

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

27: Missed hoax set up to trap Sunday drunk outside saloon entrance (4,5,2)

Down
1: Lawman sees woman with guitar hook (7)

2: Melodic rearrangement of asymmetrically split second part (7)

3: Gnomelike feature of parallel fingers (5)

4: Slows down before a drive in a fast lane (4,5)

5: Concluded that it was indeed the French nobleman (7)

6: Bobbed beneath in playful attempt to drown journalist. (6, 5)

7: Simplest to find English in kinky siesta (7)

11: Crazy to clean sons in awful mess (11)

14: Al's gamble on outcome of sports (4,5)

16: Substitute for ants terrible racket (5,2)

17: End of the line in 28 across - it's of prime importance (7)

19: Heads of Asian countries hope the United Nations gives attention to Germany (7)

20: That woman bit law enforcement officer (4)

23: Concentrate on projectionist chore (5)





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