Crossword for Fri, 25/Aug/2006

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Across
1: Massage central skeleton for money (5)

4: By luck, lab reconstituted molecule (9)

6: Die to get satisfactory marks for ones French fries (4,2,4,5)

9: Fool to join recital (3)

11: Sister gets nothing, we hear (3)

12: Count Tadeusz's first friend (5)

13: Thoroughly go over Quattro before start of test-drive (5)

15: Control escape (3)

17: I've lost struggle (3)

18: Hellish center for immigration? (5)

19: Meal for 4 divided by 50 (5)

20: Begin suspecting like you're clever (3)

22: Cleaning aid possessed by Fragonard (3)

23: Powerful individual accommodates American doctor connected with parts of hospital drama (5,10)

25: Large glasses used on ships (9)

26: Served raw, across keeps us hidden within. (5)

Down
2: How to get around doing business, essentially (3)

3: Pervert stripped in mineral water (5)

4: Past bang of Cook-Moore comedy show (6,3,6)

5: Scales the responses to attack? (15)

7: Playing on cello in A major's superior (7)

8: Characteristic of old door, mouse. (9)

9: Heard about ark's leader taking census; just worthless (2-7)

10: Stu undressed in front of every tutor (5)

14: Returning, sued about 60 very tricky (7)

16: One who gets up part of stairway (5)

21: Pulls Americans (5)

24: Cronkite, Bradley, and Safer's first network (3)





Solution (Reversed)
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