Crossword for Tue, 4/Sep/2012

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Across
1: Incomprehensible English is the sign of a professional (7)

4: Song describing rat in a place of calm and beauty (7)

7: Current interruption has Republican upset (7)

9: Aria Sue belted for a very big hunk?(7)

11: Perfect counter-spy equipment (3)

12: Have bananas now (3)

13: Migrate to swing and Joplin tunes (7)

14: Rode with colleagues and complained about John's return (9)

15: Is next to a total bust (5)

17: Shatters ice cubes (5)

18: Bride's outfit - a sort of shirt by Jean-Jacques? (9)

20: Left behind? Shiver violently and wither (7)

22: 4-down Arias hit high note in some of the lungs (3,3)

23: Therefore, finish off this bit of work (3)

24: In retrospect, no howls of laughter sounded deliberate (5,2)

25: Four qts consumed by a statue that came to life (7)

26: Nuisance was enticed to be thoroughly ground down.(7)

27: Grovelling to small liberal (7)
Down
1: Show off Mark's Mazda Miata, for one (6,3)

2: Vacuous girl loving and charming! (9)

3: Bundy under English seabird thats forever! (7)

4: Swore a verb was incorrect (7)

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

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

8: Gradually reduce European Community requisitions for playback devices (4,9)

10: Cleaning aid possessed by Fragonard (3)

15: One country or another entertains Jolson (9)

16: Traded partners for sprint ~ (5,4)

18: With fingernails, boy catches sole (7)

19: Also-ran gestates, bearing fruit? (7)

20: Bouquet's sent up to network director? (5)

21: Sixpence for big cheese? (1.1.1.)




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