Crossword for Sun, 9/May/2010

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Across
1: Doctor about to operate reflected carefully (5)

4: A changing sort of forced labour (5-4)

9: Broadcast share in genuine show trial (9)

10: After Friday, Luke gets a piece of tail? (5)

11: Fashionable fragrance, fundamentally (2,7)

12: A properly run lottery might be a complete success (1,5,5)

14: Without it, set call for recompense (3)

15: Residue has scattered (3)

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

21: Something fishy: verbal Brooklyn women a hallmark of Notre Dame (9)

23: Do as I say in short retreat (5)

25: A standoff for late teams in rivalry (9)

26: Empty cell on mountain? Most ingenious! (9)

27: Alcohol and tobacco - they can get a grip on you, we hear (5)

Down
1: Witticism provided theme (5)

2: Sounds like actor Stephen's a scavenger (7)

3: A French number that is Country or Jazz (9)

4: Stocks for bears (7)

5: Get with a Chicago threesome, the night before a big event (7)

6: Approaches first of nine pieces of corn (5)

7: Agrees that a course should be forwarded to the primary school (7)

8: Duck putting string on ancient peeper (9)

12: A nice gal's gone for a pain reliever (9)

13: He made Peter and the Wolf provoke, if disturbed (9)

16: Grass present round container (7)

18: Farmland female comes back covered with baked clay (7)

19: Particular esteem (7)

20: Coarse Nicaraguan conceals a dangerous element (7)

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

24: Fires partner in investment firm, we hear (5)





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