Crossword for Fri, 31/Aug/2007

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Across
1: Save the forests regarding a series (7)

5: Reptile eventually climbing a hill (5)

9: 4-down Arias hit high note in some of the lungs (3,3)

10: Ruby ran off to marry after a couple of events came to light again (11)

11: One who regrets following initial tendencies is increasingly sincere (5)

12: Mysterious obstetrician's remedy (7)

13: Knowing in advance about 101 here (9)

14: More than one garden veggie is spilling the beans, you say? (5)

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

17: 3/4 of Disney's herb, by the sound of it (5,4)

20: Returning inside, made sure preschoolers read (7)

22: Remove a couple of statues before writing on some tombstones (5)

24: Girl hatches subterfuge in prison tower (11)

25: Is Pat suitable? (3)

26: Relieves each emergency service (5)

27: Early missionary or saint in a European setting (7)
Down
1: Kingdom very mountainous at first (5)

2: Surgical tool gutting curvy coquette (7)

3: Boil pasta for one; 'no more' (9)

4: Having red nose, turned back (7)

5: Publish and be exhausted (4,3)

6: Stories least translated (5)

7: Strike true form with cloud nine (7)

8: Recipient of drink describing gown with energy (9)

13: Running across adventurous sap, I rappel backwards at the same rate (4,5)

14: Managed to let Zara make a glory hole (9)

16: Distance to pull cart up before time (7)

17: Dawdles aimlessly and walks funny (7)

18: Pacino returns with story about Northern Italian dish (7)

19: It involves, initially, my intention to fake right, perhaps? (7)

21: Removes from office and bags (5)

23: Latin lives of Evita explained within (5)




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