Crossword for Tue, 29/Jan/2008

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Across
2: Clean oneself, but in reverse (3)

4: Effective arrangement by one decent person (1,4,4)

8: Shy away from women's clothing (5)

9: Multiple notes keeping youth leader youthful (4-5)

11: Senior citizen losing 500 toddlers at sea (7)

12: OJ rants about USC football players (7)

13: Surprised fat southerner heading west to execute media mogul Turner (13)

15: Bug found in examination and in a full going-over (10,3)

18: University with unconventional stance about unconventional person (7)

20: Bill, in a manner of speaking (7)

22: Small capturing big and strong (9)

23: Re: bands, unfinished hymn, a type of poetry (5)

24: Always heading off without getting paid (9)

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

Down
1: Sadly, tribe sends off good pals (4,2,7)

2: Dyslexic's tired and distressed (5)

3: An animal which flies high but comes back for a place to wash (7)

4: Perfume ingredient extracted from lamb ..... er, gristle (9)

5: Path of planet - or particle (5)

6: A button on the microwave belongs to berets or fedoras, upon reflection (7)

7: Place to grow fruit trees, or a leafy veggie (7)

10: Defusing timer incorrectly can lead to this! (13)

14: Is big lady in tatters forever? (9)

15: Resident, alternately speaking (7)

16: Lost pirates wander aimlessly (7)

17: Unfavourable publicity given to metrical composition (7)

19: Changes orders and loses 100 (5)

21: Uncharacteristically, Dickenson pens uplifting romantic ballad (5)





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