Crossword for Wed, 20/May/2009

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Across
1: Water ceremony or fire in a crisis (7)

4: Knight-errant or young man in distress (7)

7: Idler, forced to exercise, could be this! (5)

8: They hang on to legal fees. (9)

10: Damage from depression takes time with onset of retirement (9)

11: Without it, set call for recompense (3)

12: Slash some flipping werewolves (5)

13: Measure ordering carving in relief (9)

14: Regrets taking thousands in with leader of suspiciously questionable nature (9)

17: Unfortunately now it is divided (2, 3)

19: 23% of Scandinavians backing leaders (3)

20: To make matters worse, Georgia left before Virginia, slipping into a series of heavy metal bars (9)

21: At last eating, I'm finally getting better (2,3,4)

23: Strength of army (5)

24: Seal simpers forlornly (7)

25: Learner said it was a huge green monster cooked in gravy. (7)
Down
1: Might signal elbow exercise with this? (7)

2: Boob implant cups: sad hoax in line with 15-down (8,3)

3: Dine out and stop being vague (13)

4: Lead around other green (7)

5: Pass mould (3)

6: Savings division of e-banking gets enormous returns (4,3)

8: I hear mantas and surface (5)

9: Bug found in examination and in a full going-over (10,3)

11: Martyr fighting segregation (5,6)

14: First rate viola arrangement originally in pasta dish (7)

15: Birds lay first of eggs on parts of shoelaces (7)

16: Model spoken about is reserved (5)

18: Old French act involving British eccentric (7)

22: Heavy metal group X (4)




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