Crossword for Thu, 9/Sep/2010

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Across
1: Field of fruit trees resulting in poor Chardonnay (7)

4: To me, his convertible is most comfortable (7)

8: Witticism provided theme (5)

10: Name successor in speech? (7)

11: Orchestra I'm reorganizing for certain conductor (11)

12: Fish spawn upstream in little orifices (3)

13: Get rid of Bush (5)

15: Enjoy a mud pie and trade it freely (3,4)

17: One who tempts peril grabbing leopard's head (7)

18: Short line in letter back-fires (5)

19: Top card? Excellent! (3)

20: Exchange concealed proprietary knowledge (5,6)

22: Nanny, for example, entertained by young pig (3-4)

24: Hangs ten vassals at hearing (5)

25: What models do when embraced by former Democrat leader - all is revealed (7)

26: Legendary rich guy gets called, then folds (7)
Down
1: Good place for sniper for fill? (9)

2: Sound practical perception is a normal feeling (11)

3: Flower festival is pointless (5)

4: The man with lack of skill shows cruelty (13)

5: Chat host rated poorly in malicious room (9)

6: Sound of river crossing (3)

7: A sample makes sense (5)

9: Surprised fat southerner heading west to execute media mogul Turner (13)

12: Incomplete raw data lies in largely unexplored regions (4,7)

14: Family tales? (9)

16: Excessive melodrama ruined their acts (9)

19: Lost sail heading for eastern passage (5)

21: Weird eastern lake (5)

23: Essential part of Cayce's power! (3)




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