Crossword for Tue, 28/Apr/2009

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Across
1: Its a firm, small lettuce (3)

4: Mountain gorilla captivated Scientific American (9)

8: One true turning on the way (2,5)

9: Heading off with child leading (7)

11: Offering advice, King takes over one bit, zany initially (9)

12: Clean oneself, but in reverse (3)

13: Fresh ardor mellows outbursts on the highway (4,5)

15: Pinker and harder to find (5)

17: Centre of diamond is shrouded in fog (5)

18: Left sheet in case (9)

20: Scale Ten after taxes (3)

22: Grasp a rag usefully wrapping vegetable (9)

23: Church conceals torture instrument before king; it could be explosive. (7)

24: Lighter note: tin soldier's back (7)

25: Mongrels at each others' throats in this ruthless world. (3, 3, 3)

26: Pass mould (3)
Down
1: One who scans game piece (7)

2: Design for absurd flotation device (9)

3: Challenge the bench in retaliation. (13)

4: Maintenance with Jones family perhaps (7,2)

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

6: Jump Begin (5)

7: Doc to be remodeling houses this month (7)

10: Location of cheating, fiercer gender (4,9)

14: Line around a shopping center is constricting (9)

16: Consigned elegant, short, new dresses in red (9)

17: Threatened males got perfect scores (7)

19: Watch, say (7)

21: Nasal quality essentially irritates Vera (5)

22: Interest in a revolutionary activist's broadcast (5)




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