Crossword for Thu, 6/Sep/2007

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Across
1: Agent returned carrying yen in a container (7)

4: All but fool classics at funfair (7)

8: Compete with life in France (3)

9: Inspects old radical for a moment (5, 6)

10: Count Tadeusz's first friend (5)

11: Wagging tails or butts (3-4)

12: Drop in rent keeping me housed after last month (9)

14: Robe's eyelet exposes more than fat (5)

15: Waters return to vessel. (5)

17: Cast Miss Stone for dewy quality (9)

18: Do over eco-law lacking initiative (2-5)

20: It's big where some Ambassadors are at? (5)

23: Does the wandering hero duly hostess perplex? (7)

24: Sprinted fleetly? (3)

25: Prepare the blocks for a run, perhaps (7)

26: Its cold! Hurry up and ground it ... (5,2)

Down
1: Dance, Father Morrison? (5)

2: Tart returns, filled with energy, to provide some special entertainment (5)

3: Four runners usually talk about YMCA in the morning (5,4)

4: Old-fashioned pastor has dined inside (5)

5: Changes direction with care, as befits a benefactor. (4, 4, 5)

6: Short measure and light weight, say (7)

7: Avoids seeds, pits, nuts (9)

9: Pal teased about crazy snack food (6,7)

12: Smear record colour - that one (9)

13: Liqueur prices let loose (6,3)

16: Dance to old home recording (3 4)

19: Bring someone to Court Street meeting (5)

21: Inactive planet? (5)

22: Approach hoist (3,2)





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