Crossword for Mon, 7/May/2007

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Across
1: Not here? No, no! (5)

3: Fictional knight's one leader handled blade (7)

7: Freedom of action in desert (7)

9: Ricola melting to carbon, driven by heat (7)

11: Crush rage created by the additional levy (9)

13: A vine sometimes can seem green (5)

14: California business providing front for fraudulent racket (9)

16: Refuse to obey a French hooligan (5)

18: Left a port near Dubrovnik (5)

19: Diamonds for newlywed, coating grand frail spanner (3-6)

20: The color of a letter from Greece with purple edges (5)

21: Hidden in tomb? (9)

23: Doctor East, half American, is a wishful thinker (7)

24: Southeastern Greek Island harbor (7)

26: Room for a bullet? (7)

27: Cathy's new boat (5)
Down
1: Conducts true incomplete search before Tuesday the 5th of August (9)

2: Uninitiated stoop to finish (3)

3: Main nerve carries most central portion (5)

4: Model unusually creepy hat (9)

5: No hefty role at sea for ship-launcher (5,2,4)

6: Cruel to waste money (5)

8: Sadly curtail urge for land cultivation (11)

10: For Proust, life's purpose springs from remembrance of a torn desire (6,5)

12: Risk of pole womans end being upset after handy beer (11)

15: Color orange upset poet something terrible (5,4)

17: Most popular batter rested in dugout at last (9)

20: Roosevelt's undergarment? (5)

22: Romero races around (5)

25: Call initially communicates real yearning (3)




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