Crossword for Mon, 9/Oct/2006

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Across
2: Fancied poem composed in comfort (5,2,4)

7: Exegesis of clue an idiot misunderstood (11)

9: Clear vision of no assistance (9)

10: Heavy metal group X (4)

12: 'Colossus' artist loses interest (5)

15: Colorful spectrum to distort brain - ow! (7)

17: Figure it can go to pieces (7)

18: Drain off lowest part (5)

19: Arcking shot from Bill O'Brien (3)

21: Call to drink like feeding ducks? (7,2)

25: Don't encourage satellite pace to slacken. (11)

26: Inept casino confused the issue (4,2,5)
Down
1: Shouted away, once roughly, You have a go! (3,4,3,3,2)

2: Note found in prison is swell (5)

3: Is next to a total bust (5)

4: Supplementing oriental ruler (5)

5: A period set around one Dostoyevsky character (5)

6: Offer one's hand to an accountant by way of an alternative bid. (15)

8: Is Pat suitable? (3)

11: Father married, and had his hands all over her. (5)

13: Giant fish (5)

14: Louse can rise (3)

16: Throw out faulty nib (3)

20: Bit lots by half of tsetse flies (5)

21: Prohibit an attorney's organization (3)

22: Some gambling couple no longer in bed! (3-2)

23: Approve a constant beast (5)

24: Exhausted writer found in street (5)




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