Crossword for Sun, 8/Feb/2009

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Across
1: Massage central skeleton for money (5)

4: Hesitate to leave when harboring evil (9)

9: Tipsy couple's getting intimate (5, 2)

10: Mr. Upton dressed, one suit being just like any other? (2-5)

11: Sent one page rewritten in military lingo (11)

14: Be quick to make appearance with instrument (4,5)

15: Hand calculators, starting as backups, add critical information (5)

17: The cow may do this in the local veterinary yard (5)

18: Wake up Hoad, beaten in motorists facility (9)

20: Okay shot ripped tears in butt (6-5)

22: Drive an unusual visitor (7)

23: Unfinished book carried in case last in line? (7)

25: Owned 500 (about right) broken skis in storage locations (4,5)

26: Bring someone to Court Street meeting (5)

Down
1: Go over the highlights of a racehorse's comeback (5)

2: Lignite with low carbon content (5,4)

3: The time before the first woman (3)

4: Sixpence for big cheese? (1.1.1.)

5: Think at length about lost planet, comet (11)

6: Not exactly the most recent coffee (5)

7: Entertain cable channel hosting Total Recall (5)

8: Formerly thoughtful and dear? (9)

12: I'll scream, 'Gangway!' (5)

13: Questionable realtor robs preacher (4,7)

14: Kansas University in Highland Lake offers one opening (9)

15: Trains without commanding officer and suffers (5)

16: Overly flattering, interminably grown-up and a conservative (9)

19: First lady in France is a hot number (5)

20: Made new, breaking away from tired ideas (5)

21: Fold suit and undershirt (5)

23: Mediterranean leaves unfashionable coins? (3)

24: Animal hiding in abattoir (3)





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