Crossword for Tue, 26/Aug/2008

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Across
1: Fish spawn upstream in little orifices (3)

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

8: It involves, initially, my intention to fake right, perhaps? (7)

9: Do any letters appear after number 12? (7)

11: Anticipate warning cry about bearing (7)

12: Scheme I enter into direct (5)

14: Deliver a sweetener to mix with your date? (5,4,4)

17: Pal teased about crazy snack food (6,7)

20: Massages were reported to be essential elements. (5)

22: Sorry, Nine-A is stupid (7)

23: Evita, for example, making false claim about American (7)

24: Some steamer I caught for Columbia (7)

25: E.g., told story about cave-men (11)

26: Take a turn or a thousand dollars (3)
Down
1: Incomplete raw data lies in largely unexplored regions (4,7)

2: I clear imp in ruckus based on evidence (9)

3: Switch trains without interest and sit (9)

4: Correspondence from landlords (7)

5: Something to knock down in the alley for writer at home? Back at home? (7)

6: Wind coils up (5)

7: Attempt test (3)

10: Period email feature (3)

13: Wizards covered in liquor and beer...it might be for charity (7, 4)

15: This behaviour causes sin! (9)

16: Attacking from behind going downhill (9)

18: Nuisance was enticed to be thoroughly ground down.(7)

19: Worker in new data capture firm (7)

20: Greek characters suggest dawn (3)

21: Shine audio, $40? (5)

23: Ran into a section of the time-table (3)




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