Crossword for Mon, 25/May/2009

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Across
1: Belli's case, perhaps! (5)

4: Kills wild cries for incidentals (9)

8: Help out my parched elephant, for example (9)

10: Terrier shows how to stray (3)

11: Arenas almost filling with the hooter (5)

12: Massive dinosaur hiding in Antigua? No, Donna! (9)

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

15: Red phone, e.g., is out of order in hotel (7)

16: Young birds or seals may be heard (7)

18: Land filled with rain is OK (7)

19: Nixon-Reagan era political appointments (9)

20: Paper boy? (5)

23: No one told sister (3)

24: Dieter's first hint: hurl mostly for reducing (9)

25: With great strength holy man stays above reproach (9)

26: Uncovered selection is of considerable size (5)

Down
1: Sort of plain fur! (5)

2: Puts a stake on the defence (5)

3: True-blue pub changes at heart (5)

4: Fling an item of furniture (3,5,5)

5: Needy person retreating to behind safe place (4-3)

6: Stretching to far, covering(missing the front)holds down nothing 9)

7: Most distant area of open land has street on both sides (9)

9: Chewed-up gum in tater -- how toothsome (5-8)

13: Residents back business, copper gasps (9)

14: One applying pressure to eight mixed up in back rent? (9)

17: He got ripped exhibiting selfish behavior (3,4)

20: In Howard's End - one has a passage here from Forster (5)

21: Cut corners and omit taking minutes (5)

22: Caesars standard golf score? (5)





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