Crossword for Sat, 31/Jan/2009

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Across
1: Illness I catch performing exercises? (13)

9: Craft technique for remodeling aged coupe (9)

10: Prohibited key rings (5)

11: Exciting moment, actor as reviewer (11)

12: Sort of uninitiated cheat (3)

13: A legislator spilling no tears (7)

16: A letter from Greece - about a sort of April flower (7)

17: Overseer required because of handle turning (7)

18: Hang around and look at that old Roman road (6)

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

21: Cereal vermin seized by superb 16-down (11)

25: Little Mermaid's voice overhead (5)

26: Scratches container with a Mark of Sorrow? (9)

27: Let not passion sway philosophers (3-10)
Down
1: Doctor returns, secures ancient manuscripts (7)

2: Fill-in professional almost rewrote the column (5)

3: Steel is ruined, nearly destroyed (5)

4: Turncoat's quality: amoral heart (7)

5: Result of incident (5)

6: I renew one TV in a complicated way to get an oral examination (9)

7: Handle small round piece of charcoal (9)

8: Burn bear (5)

14: Scandinavian wearing no buckles (9)

15: Small green vegetable found in automat, illogically (9)

18: Crave to badly ham it up (7)

19: Relaxes about measure, but holds malice (7)

20: Screw-up reinterpreted as 'fun' (5)

22: Elected to instruct audit of electronic giant (5)

23: Artist back on the issue of causing inflamation. (5)

24: Certain tests of integrity after losing face (5)




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