Crossword for Wed, 23/Jun/2010

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Across
1: Elsa ran frantically for store (7)

5: Englishman opening a can to dine at home (3,2)

8: West's last: bottom spade, perhaps (5)

10: Scratches container with a Mark of Sorrow? (9)

12: Let not passion sway philosophers (3-10)

14: Come round again about dog (5)

16: Shortens break, going back to arouse with comedy bit (9)

17: Finish up with discontinued language? (6,3)

20: Dispatch Socialist in contempt (5)

21: Guess what the benighted marksman did? (4,2,3,4)

23: Believer taking blame for counselor (9)

24: Hordes of unions' speakers (5)

26: This identifies the literary epic at the outset! (5)

27: Evolve from crude Velo predator (7)
Down
1: Is Pat suitable? (3)

2: Slight urge at night (5)

3: Smaller golfer (7)

4: Sheds last one carelessly (4-3)

5: Clearly notes Earths at a particular compass point (4-5-4)

6: Conducts true incomplete search before Tuesday the 5th of August (9)

7: Sister gets nothing, we hear (3)

9: Paraphrasing 'A Certain Sport': 'Wait till next year!' (13)

11: Deep sleep, father recalled, is fitting (7)

13: Dangle South American flags halfway (7)

15: Greenest state with the least elevation (9)

18: Torch is terrible when head is in the sand. (7)

19: Worried about being ribbed. (7)

22: Warning sound in audio of Jodie Foster movie (5)

23: Worthless even when recycled (3)

25: Lifeblood of dope (3)




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