Crossword for Thu, 24/Jan/2008

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Across
1: Proper to have a little sex? This gives a slanted view (5)

3: Charmed - then dance about (9)

7: General's horse galloping to dangerous coasts (3,6)

9: Wise men get introduction to conjuring tricks (5)

11: Tear down and show a lack of respect for Mickey (9)

12: Girl with an odd manor (5)

13: No one told sister (3)

14: Fast times with company cracked high-strung recruiter (6,5)

16: Person with fixed notions is pretty sore, upset about the introduction of Ebonics (11)

18: Clothilda is carrying a parcel (3)

20: Highways or turning spots (5)

22: Cuts in hospitals cause reorganisation of top trauma. (9)

24: The color of a letter from Greece with purple edges (5)

25: Grant authority to gaucho, finally, packing whip for farm animals (9)

26: Went ahead and used the power button (7,2)

27: Sexy Liberal goes to small United States Territory (5)

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

2: Fashionable fragrance, fundamentally (2,7)

3: When first missing, feel sorry for wader (5)

4: Cretins wrecked the water tank! (7)

5: Ministers ordain art evil? I doctor a reversal (13)

6: Going back in where GI trapped predator (5)

8: The man with lack of skill shows cruelty (13)

10: Make an average float (5)

15: One general is retiring from duties and sacrifices (9)

16: Returning sailors receive a penny for singular catch (5)

17: Edward, holding a bird, came behind (7)

19: Country refuge for prison's last under-jailer (7)

21: A quaintly pleasing accent (5)

23: Dance, Father Morrison? (5)





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