Crossword for Thu, 1/May/2008

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Across
1: Bound to hear what they did about the leak? (5)

4: Capital investment producing hard faces (9)

7: Check out tailless fish swallowing speck of dust with hand-held device (6,7)

10: Defusing timer incorrectly can lead to this! (13)

12: Officers mentioned coat (7)

14: Well-brewed litre of this is a symbol of Irish pride. (7)

15: Too many weapons perhaps for this type of bowling! (7)

18: Wanderer features in ones best adage (7)

20: Liquidation of one country led by pair of fools (13)

22: Clearly notes Earths at a particular compass point (4-5-4)

24: Frightened, missing; ID is subtly announced (9)

25: I had left mule, finally, and right loafer (5)
Down
1: Modernise rear, in the opinion of escort (5,2,2,4)

2: Drew is ruled out (5)

3: Prosecutor conceals lustrous fabrics (7)

4: Red phone, e.g., is out of order in hotel (7)

5: Story of a cold nobleman (7)

6: Song is a gas (3)

8: Agreeable to taking in Eastern relative (5)

9: Something good made by mini drink packer! (6,7)

11: To escape with lover from Warsaw, man climbs last section of fence (5)

13: More than one garden veggie is spilling the beans, you say? (5)

16: Artist back on the issue of causing inflamation. (5)

17: I'm great novel detective (7)

18: Illegally hunted for a flower for a revolutionary dunderhead (7)

19: Folding love tackle, one following morning. (7)

21: African region of birth (5)

23: Take Chair in university (3)




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