Crossword for Thu, 21/May/2009

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Across
1: Stomach upset about hot computer brand (9)

5: Regretted backing up grasping tip of massive object (5)

8: Land under sailor, for heaven's sake! (9)

10: Rings for the groups (5)

11: Shun use of sinful carnival attractions (9)

12: Broke out of cell -- found in prickly sedges (5)

13: What's left when you burn the tree (3)

14: Bright-sounding agenda touches on heavyweight legend (5,6)

15: Wizards covered in liquor and beer...it might be for charity (7, 4)

18: Pen extracts articles from satay (3)

19: Inactive planet? (5)

20: Charles' equine edges out clown (9)

23: Go in with singer Karen, forgetting fish (5)

24: Game room equipment: wire-wrapped broken dart (4,5)

25: Jeep model went along to show (5)

26: General's horse galloping to dangerous coasts (3,6)
Down
1: Witticism provided theme (5)

2: Greek city - in the Adriatic or in Thessaly (7)

3: Oak's first seen on the first of May with its leaves out (5)

4: Plant sincerity (7)

6: Send Tim out for attitude (4-3)

7: New York decries eccentric period of medical training (9)

9: Toss a hammer into a nuclear accelerator! (4,7)

10: Hostile warning: one man has captured the queen (11)

13: Spy pinched mere fragments of treaty (9)

16: Damage the object, Mr. Gore, having to do with marriage (7)

17: Chalet I remodeled in conformance with professional standards (7)

18: At first several walk awkwardly to get the rest (7)

21: Eights had to race again, we hear, concerning fish spawn. (2, 3)

22: Wants - in fact, just has to have (5)




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