Crossword for Thu, 7/Jul/2011

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Across
1: Frenzied recital piece (7)

5: Most capacious, having little and small in great combination (7)

8: Princesses's attendant, yawning, laid it out (4-2-7)

10: Red Cross is putting on bazaar (7)

11: No hot tamale in this dish (7)

12: Carelessly let teeth rot completely (2,3,6)

14: Spinner step (3)

15: Cook small fish. (3)

16: Missed hoax set up to trap Sunday drunk outside saloon entrance (4,5,2)

21: After the legal thing, give thanks to God and go after the vermin again (7)

23: Recessive DNA parts not very impressive for rotten person (2-3-2)

25: Chewed-up gum in tater -- how toothsome (5-8)

26: Cavil; Nolte takes it personally, at first (7)

27: Junk food--its odor? Stinky (7)

Down
1: Have a go at draw (7)

2: Perhaps a bathroom contractor is mentioned to a former president (5)

3: Doctor upset by a German pain-killer (7)

4: Pets lie about the letter. (7)

5: Economical at sea, netting white cod, mostly... (3-4)

6: Choice among novel items (5)

7: Put out a journal in a foreign language (7)

9: . . . before the last apprentice is put in the ground (5)

13: Attempt test (3)

14: Abridged fibre project (3)

15: Overseer required because of handle turning (7)

16: Principal on top of leafy tree (5)

17: An aerobatic bird? (7)

18: Delay American writer in South Dakota (7)

19: Windows creator more neglectful after hearing's end (7)

20: Maiden from France lowers bloomers (7)

22: Knock out acrobat's last daring feat (5)

24: How might number mine something? (5)





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