Crossword for Sat, 5/May/2007

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Across
2: Bug found in examination and in a full going-over (10,3)

7: Prune plums for reserves, once more (9)

8: Michael Caine, first outspoken host (5)

11: Praiseworthy naval officer, English, found around boat's prow (9)

13: Capital of the current sports car (5)

14: Outfit in which one walks when outside the ship? (9)

17: Ripped off a group of hard-up Edwardians (5)

18: Express joy in slaughter (5)

19: Deceptive publicity and labor is thrown a curve (9)

21: Proper to have a little sex? This gives a slanted view (5)

22: Cast update: Loy gave a superior performance (9)

24: Composer employed in hotel garage (5)

25: Guy tails Rod's agent (9)

27: Let not passion sway philosophers (3-10)

Down
1: As trail meanders, they're useful to a cowboy (7)

2: Anger that is constraining response (3)

3: Going back in where GI trapped predator (5)

4: Flying bugs share desert flora (9)

5: Publication for children (5)

6: Great conqueror or ragtime bandleader (9)

9: Coach almost made fake conflicting noises (9)

10: Antelope found in oriental country.(5

12: Marking out cuttings of geraniums (9)

15: Fifty are returning after the last hemp mixture has a short life cycle (9)

16: Record that it was to insult (2,3,4)

18: Courses finish with Decline and Fall (5)

20: Musical direction for an old poet (7)

22: Start reorganizing notes (5)

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

26: Reportedly is nostalgic for wife (3)





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