Crossword for Mon, 27/Aug/2007

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Across
1: 49 + 51: 101? To start with, that's wrong (7)

5: Rejections concern enthusiasts (7)

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

9: Mixed bag to drain into tip or refuse (9)

11: Nothing added to list for early riser (7)

12: China to convert to a biblical place. (7)

13: Irregular bouts of activity suit beach scrubbers (4,3,6)

15: Finish suddenly, like an oboe? (1, 4, 2, 3, 3)

19: Coral Sea, perhaps, without a fish (7)

20: Piece of mosaic a Greek god put up (7)

23: Traded partners for sprint ~ (5,4)

24: It comes to a point everyone heard (3)

25: Can't sue crazy lunatic (3,4)

26: Said I, 'So be yourself' (suppressing, 'be defiant!') (7)
Down
1: Acquire something enclosed by muslin curtain (5)

2: 'Strike!' the French yell (4,3)

3: Me, in bed with heavenly body? (5)

4: Came to point out Pat Reed (7)

5: The ex-President's back; time to withdraw? (7)

6: Portable burner showing punch on Rocky Peak church (9)

7: Raging hides evidence of debts (7)

10: Buried by confused Hindu who took me in. (7)

13: Maiden from France lowers bloomers (7)

14: Columbine takes stage during repeated Iolanthe opening, in blue-green (9)

15: Explanation for Bill (7)

16: Grass present round container (7)

17: A little off, but ultimately scored (7)

18: We blame knitter for small woolly jumper (3-4)

21: 'Pops' is very unhappy in retrospect (5)

22: A friend comes round to appease (5)




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