Crossword for Mon, 28/Dec/2009

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Across
1: Bored after meals? (3,2)

4: Shortens break, going back to arouse with comedy bit (9)

8: Pathological bumbler holds a record (5)

9: Extravagant, but terribly organised (9)

11: Face-off stopped and relieved the pressure (5)

13: I drag Mrs. A off to Carnival (5,4)

14: Clearly notes Earths at a particular compass point (4-5-4)

17: See its violent broadcast? (10,3)

20: Work independently in France, catching fish (9)

22: Quiet floor decoration is a sign of indifference (5)

23: Broadly-inclusive explanation for Hang Loose heard (4-5)

24: Egad, a saw, run in reverse (5)

26: Extra-radical worker getting tan (9)

27: Polyamide used by many Londoners (5)
Down
1: Felt strangely about unfinished age-old recorder (9)

2: Small piece of fish (3)

3: Crazy macabre American authors outside making perfumed hair applications (7)

4: Singer met excited troops (9)

5: Ruddy rare steak, say? (7)

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

7: Hear Native American appeal (3)

10: Song is a gas (3)

12: Toff aimed to do himself proud. (11)

15: Revels too bad for former President (9)

16: Grow envious with seabird sounding environmental (4,5)

18: Bad guy's dwelling essentially ruined (7)

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

21: Complain about the horse (3)

23: Escalating naked conflict (3)

25: Sounds like everything: a bore (3)




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