Crossword for Fri, 20/Feb/2009

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Across
2: Cheaper oil, gas distributed in Island chains (13)

9: One Miss Horn takes a tumble with guys having outlaw spirits (11)

10: Leda overtaken by frenzied satyr -- perhaps debauched? (3,6)

11: Freeze one mug filled with tea, essentially (3,2)

12: Neither partner finds way out of country (3)

14: Ceases running features about Republican in serious trouble (4,7)

15: Mary-Jane crochets her Pop a jumper (11)

19: Root for mounting might (3)

21: Weird canal echo (5)

22: Times leader knocks adornments (9)

25: I see marks on jumbled party favors (11)

26: We hear you require complete articles for this royal thriller. (7,6)
Down
1: Very young cat I lost in an ancient city (7)

2: Supplied guns in gendarme division (5)

3: 25-down Point in these pastimes to clash with 26-across? (5,6)

4: Shell compensate for loss in certain risky starts (7)

5: Furies, in ancient Greece or Ireland? Certainly! (7)

6: Artists workshop E. Lear bowled over with it (7)

7: Staggering by, notices something offensive (9)

8: Signs of rank strangely persist (7)

13: Change order: Raise scope (9)

15: Smile about Crazy Mel, a supposed source of trouble (7)

16: That woman bit law enforcement officer (4)

17: No hot tamale in this dish (7)

18: 'An old Egyptian,' Mia said (7)

20: Incorrectly decide half of Israel's enthralled by stubborn one (7)

23: Note found in prison is swell (5)

24: Retreats in northeast streets (5)




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