Crossword for Sat, 28/Jul/2007

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Across
1: Old Peruvian laughs if leagued (2,7)

5: I dispense playing cards in a perfect manner (5)

7: Let bank arrange cover (7)

9: Saves and secures stranger (7)

11: Irish playwright livin soundly (5)

12: Minor work taking half a month - an endless epistle (9)

14: On your feet! (8,5)

16: Cat linked stories to the underworld (8-5)

20: Some leading trios are essentially reenacting poems (4,5)

22: Tender translator of runes (5)

23: Long period certain to be wiped clean. (7)

25: To fascinate a disagreeable female we turned in (7)

26: Group of eight initially outwits coup to enter Tripoli (5)

27: Ambush late-rising with auditors load (3,2,4)
Down
1: Drunk, I'm with a couple of bimbos on top of bed (7)

2: Buses and trains. (7)

3: Decimal, in many cases (5)

4: Now Elton heard California's big one (3)

5: Rolling wave rolls into Rolling Stones song (3,3,4,3)

6: Burst forth from incredibly deep rut (7)

8: Cook ran; ragout spilled; one might jump to conclusions here? (8,5)

10: Downright fine (5)

13: Vehicles carrying English blades (5)

15: Theologist embraced love's point when medicated. (5)

16: Record true speed (5)

17: Do over eco-law lacking initiative (2-5)

18: Name of girl training otter in Los Angeles (7)

19: Free time around quiet stream (7)

21: Fur seal frolicking around entrance to bay (5)

24: Beauty stripping top and bottom is an additional feature (3)




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