Crossword for Mon, 20/Nov/2006

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Across
1: Why blood is thicker than water? (8,7)

7: Playwright rethinking copyright wrangle (4,7)

8: One politician's a brat (3)

9: Clearances for the first couple of characters to find answers. (11)

13: Note vehicle in picture puzzle (5)

15: Clapton hugs member of Parliament and me, a quack (7)

16: A sign Tommy's upset about patrol leader (7)

18: Blonde's blemishes reflected (5)

21: Seduce husband-to-be in parlor (7, 4)

23: Clean oneself, but in reverse (3)

24: Leaving firm when dating (5,6)

26: Is that you, Eve? (3,6,6)
Down
1: Sprinted fleetly? (3)

2: Smoked salmon for the auditor with hair (5)

3: Does Rod go to pieces with kind but impractical reformers? (2-7)

4: Scale Ten after taxes (3)

5: That terrific ingot has a sweetener (5)

6: Chatter about some pay-back (3)

9: Charged a couple of hundred, getting exploited (7)

10: Arcking shot from Bill O'Brien (3)

11: Lifeblood of dope (3)

12: The ornamentation, I hesitate to say, is fitting. (7)

14: Topics I am prepared to make congenial (9)

17: Mann's 'Death in Venice' Dorothy sent up (3)

19: Fix the oil platform ... (3)

20: Massage central skeleton for money (5)

22: Retro gents in exotic parks (5)

23: Half disapprove of old king (3)

24: Take a turn or a thousand dollars (3)

25: Club with space for some money (3)




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