Crossword for Thu, 28/Aug/2008

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Across
1: Immediately placed in an awkward situation (2,3,4)

6: Have bananas now (3)

8: Sprinkles studs under reconstruction (5)

10: Squash cat; poor furry creature (9)

11: Correspond with mother and I boarding train (1-4)

12: Everything, including meat, in stew is nutritious (9)

13: Canadian water ordered for regal tea-break (5,4,4)

16: Holder of strange ritual of troll (5,8)

19: Make a deep impression, bound by ties initially thought to be most vexatious (9)

21: Pet name for pirate ship (5)

22: Coming back to see old friends, painfully rein in gut (9)

23: Had dressed formally without a hat (5)

24: Take Chair in university (3)

25: There are crazy Romanians in this tiny republic. (3,6)
Down
2: Lease bad tripod (5)

3: The price of correspondence: mad Gestapo (7)

4: Brought back sample of Gruyre; it's a touch more savory (7)

5: Giddy Texan rube gets out of hand (9)

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

7: Free for all by lack of padlocked freight compartments (2,5,6)

8: Changes direction with care, as befits a benefactor. (4, 4, 5)

9: 30-across Locality of drama and current progress (5,2,4)

14: Honk at yokel carrying pitcher; stick with finger food? (9)

15: Points about dangerous wires can invigorate. (7)

17: Dieter's cooking changes again (7)

18: Shape up at invading Congo Free State (7)

20: Put down explosive material about a union member (5)

21: Spanish wine from a city in Brazil getting German approval (5)




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