Crossword for Mon, 31/May/2010

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Across
1: Part, or bring together (5)

4: Questionable act raises link between stories (9)

8: Accommodate bear (3,2)

9: Persistently ask for one silly prom song (9)

11: Rinse out pine compound (5)

12: Late, reflective Freud revolting, in part (7)

13: Location of cheating, fiercer gender (4,9)

15: Mild guess: I die reassembling a nasty weapon (6,7)

19: Most successful divers can be quite obnoxious (7)

21: Accepted rules for an inside con (5)

23: Win, or find an heir (9)

24: Maxes out tests (5)

25: Spider, e.g., caught a foremost kite's sail (9)

26: Little Tom's pot (5)
Down
1: Ancient document from Pennsylvania misspelled syrup (7)

2: Priestess betrays Sen. Kefauver (5)

3: Formerly thoughtful and dear? (9)

4: Fish for captain (7)

5: Eights had to race again, we hear, concerning fish spawn. (2, 3)

6: In a dance, little do plenty (9)

7: Expert in scriptural interpretation in Devon River to fetch sweetheart (7)

10: Ultimately develop top demonstration (5)

13: Leaning back, incorporated ruling (9)

14: Stop the drip; its for future use (9)

15: Birth of Wilder sibling (7)

16: Bumps into butcher's display of tongue? (5)

17: Shepherd, at times, is more abrupt in tone (7)

18: Plant sincerity (7)

20: Canoe lost in sea (5)

22: He's not joking, it's completely lawless. (2, 3)




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