Crossword for Mon, 26/Jan/2009

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Across
1: 30-across Locality of drama and current progress (5,2,4)

5: A n-novel cordial (7)

8: Ned Lunig, thrown inside, openly seen to be crapulous (13)

9: Put down cloak and strip (9)

10: Paper boy? (5)

12: Ties braids without ribbons at the front (9)

14: Cycles within easy earshot (5)

15: Hate because sailor gets a head start in Oregon (5)

17: Show singular glasses? (9)

19: Mis-trust this support (5)

20: Old file is destroyed in valuable Arab lands (3,6)

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

24: The day ends with an unpleasant ancestral line (7)

25: Unaffected by a little liquor, he nursed the child. (4, 3)
Down
1: Reliable noise (5)

2: Toss a hammer into a nuclear accelerator! (4,7)

3: 'Look at quickly,' I cry loudly (7)

4: Feeble deception overheard (5)

5: Recipient of drink describing gown with energy (9)

6: Tale revised if salty (7)

7: French heart pines for early courses (7)

11: Girl hatches subterfuge in prison tower (11)

13: Bird's cautious after officer captures donkey (9)

15: Took over Medusa's snarls (7)

16: Miserable devils heard 27-acrosses (7)

18: Insignificant trial includes six from old Rome (7)

21: Old physician in sheltered church (5)

22: Dress up fakes without a shred of compunction (5)




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