Crossword for Wed, 27/Jun/2012

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Across
1: Fool gets share of standards in 25-down (13)

7: Clear initial rubbish in drain (3)

8: Orchestra I'm reorganizing for certain conductor (11)

11: 'Naked Gun' actor prepares to be dubbed in (in soundtrack) (7)

12: Beats Greek bread, Mr. Buchanan! (7)

13: Antagonistically pious about steps on fence (9)

15: Teaching assistants run into hospital facility for shocker (5)

16: Hellish painter spoke piffle (5)

17: Sanctioned half of values I saw (9)

20: Author and actress receiving gold choker, originally (7)

22: Seedy lawyer is short on rest, disturbed (7)

24: Sent one page rewritten in military lingo (11)

25: Animal hiding in abattoir (3)

26: Dry vegetarian, about to like this puzzle, perhaps? (6, 7)
Down
1: Greek city - in the Adriatic or in Thessaly (7)

2: German overwhelmed by naked touch (5)

3: Kansas University in Highland Lake offers one opening (9)

4: A prize that goes to waste. (7)

5: Endless taping-over is unsuitable (5)

6: A mongrel on a mountain takes care of things. (7)

9: There was little weight in the announcement. (5)

10: Prepare the blocks for a run, perhaps (7)

14: Bear with a blemish following us around (7)

15: Dry debate about stuffed animal (5,4)

16: Yap about overdue wages (4,3)

17: Wordy poem about Hope, mostly (7)

18: Wool is leading stocking fabric (5)

19: Break down door with your visitor to Oz (7)

21: One in charge of carbon filament (5)

23: Story about a little boy -- save for later discussion (5)




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