Crossword for Wed, 30/Nov/2011

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Across
1: Crazy to clean sons in awful mess (11)

7: Found in a pod or with nuts (3)

9: Repeated note to help player? (6-7)

10: In fear of wheat head (3)

11: Expelled for being extrovert? (6,3)

13: Right, turn right to play with robot (3)

15: Deviant fellow following Esther Williams at times (9)

17: Leave sorcerer to bible-basher (9)

18: Without it, set call for recompense (3)

19: Islander was eating bananas (9)

22: He wrote a bit of poetry! (3)

23: I, for one, adhere to edict (13)

24: How to get around doing business, essentially (3)

25: Person with fixed notions is pretty sore, upset about the introduction of Ebonics (11)
Down
1: Playwright rethinking copyright wrangle (4,7)

2: A drain could be at the bottom (5)

3: Mix tequila? Be fair! (9)

4: Left a port near Dubrovnik (5)

5: Motorist to welcome hailing? (3-6)

6: Wool is leading stocking fabric (5)

7: Confounded Erin's pros and cons (9)

8: Perform part of play (3)

12: Carelessly let teeth rot completely (2,3,6)

14: Red Square leaders picking up wild stories with electronic gear (9)

15: Flirting could end with marriage (9)

16: Bruce crazy about leading medical specialist lying (9)

20: Excellent bowls for cooking furry critters (5)

21: Relative clause ultimately adopted by the kind (5)

22: Accommodate bear (3,2)

23: at peoples uptown bar for starters? (3)




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