Crossword for Mon, 5/Sep/2011

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Across
1: Perform part of play (3)

3: Steer TS into alternative routes (4,7)

9: Furies, in ancient Greece or Ireland? Certainly! (7)

10: This is the scene as represented in meetings with spirits (7)

11: Holder of strange ritual of troll (5,8)

15: Hoarded tiny bits of dryness (11)

17: Orchestra I'm reorganizing for certain conductor (11)

19: Runner or dramatist in play (13)

22: OK, on the mark ... (5,2)

24: Eminent performer in some art form (7)

25: I deem turds a regrettable necessity (11)

26: Control escape (3)

Down
1: Ways of approaching a goddess without middlemen? (7)

2: One who takes after beggarman (5)

3: Robins knitting done by row (3,6)

4: Mediterranean leaves unfashionable coins? (3)

5: Walesa still embodies how Nobel Laureates soar? (3)

6: Severely criticize cook (5)

7: Wood shavings? A strange device for a banner! (9)

8: Bear with a blemish following us around (7)

12: Surrounded by asses, he tries again (7)

13: Senior citizen losing 500 toddlers at sea (7)

14: Ugly Moogs playing mournful soul (6, 3)

16: Rita Mears breaks wind near a plane (9)

17: Cleaning woman, embarrassed, is scarred by firing (7)

18: Contemptible information (7)

20: Observed no Knight (5)

21: Part turning two ways (5)

23: And not in town, ordinarily (3)

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





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