Crossword for Sat, 22/May/2010

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Across
1: A group of notes! (7)

5: In last couple of buildings, plumb drains (7)

9: A heron regrets losing its wings (5)

10: Surrounded by grass, loose and laid-back (7)

11: Aliens set off (3)

12: Foretold that the wine would be finished (9)

14: Photographers showed up with noodle soup (9)

15: Rule will end in some paper (5)

16: A revolutionary New England state or an Indian state (5)

17: Maid Marian - half American (9)

19: Having a specialized tax status, the result of a visit to an amateur tailor? (9)

20: Feel sick from crack? (3)

22: Well-brewed litre of this is a symbol of Irish pride. (7)

23: Figaro manufactures some scent (5)

24: On the way with tureen, tripping over a section of orange (2,5)

25: Diet I'm crazy about will eventually set boundaries (7)
Down
1: The percolator, repulsively, contains a pancake (5)

2: Black arts and demons concerned with Homer's issue? (4,7)

3: Drawing, for example, a bit of a cartoon (3)

4: Amplification device for 'Murder, a Novel' (7)

5: Daring time to ship (7)

6: I'll be stuffed if I'll deal with him!. (11)

7: Uninitiated stoop to finish (3)

8: Dressing of malt and beans to make horse tender (9)

12: Left with pal carrying new gold case (11)

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

14: Defiant call for change holds up addition to building (9)

17: Long-winded poem about Bob, for the most part (7)

18: British aviators took off and held a drawing (7)

21: Transplanted tissue from, originally, George Raft (5)

22: Start reducing salt? (3)

23: Sounds like everything: a bore (3)




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