Crossword for Sun, 4/Oct/2009

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Across
1: Convertible has odd bar in instrument panel (9)

6: Sit on the fish (5)

8: Abstract art is just one step.(5)

9: Ice cream containers to Georgia in wagon (9)

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

13: Measure of heat in the empty room (5)

14: Former name for joint audition (3)

15: A donated century plant, e.g. (5)

17: Caught carrying oregano's essence in inhalers (5)

18: Greek characters suggest dawn (3)

20: Brand of cat food containing bird's head and feet (5)

21: 'Ransom'? Lame. Run 'Rocky I', 'II', 'III', etc. (5,8)

23: Infamous Ms. Spelling: 'Nothing's within reason!' (9)

25: One competes for prestigious universities (5)

26: Helga excels coming back with a two under par (5)

27: Tiger seen roaming National Park (9)
Down
2: Tarnish, with bit of dirt, symbol of Superman's composure (9)

3: Black arts and demons concerned with Homer's issue? (4,7)

4: Gold cot in rummage sale (7)

5: Forbidden tureen harbors biting thing that comes out at night (7)

6: Nightwear and jersey top added in afterthought (3)

7: The man with lack of skill shows cruelty (13)

8: Drive away roofing material before farmhouse becomes a target area (8,5)

10: Nothing we have to pay (3)

12: Arranged date in Cairo means extermination (11)

16: Poor Marist to freeze in cessation of hostilities (9)

18: Nerve cells that could make nose run (7)

19: English poet writes about head of Scottish queen (7)

22: Ran into a section of the time-table (3)

24: Fish spawn upstream in little orifices (3)




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