Crossword for Tue, 1/Sep/2009

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Across
1: Gold cot in rummage sale (7)

4: Essential money (7)

8: Have bananas now (3)

9: Intruders bury proles in pieces (11).

10: Principle unaffected by revolution (5)

11: Shady like the other cabinet (7)

12: Right, turn right to play with robot (3)

13: Lepers treated by North Dakota specialist? Brilliant! (11)

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

18: On the canvas from third strike (3)

20: Broken toy-case that keeps the pot warm (3-4)

21: Tiny bit of self-interest (5)

22: Hostile warning: one man has captured the queen (11)

24: Compete with life in France (3)

25: Unidentified street across the Mountains (7)

26: Yes, MBAs worked with a diplomatic staff (7)
Down
1: One embracing a lover with a little pizzazz (7)

2: Study a French instrument - it's a puzzle (9)

3: Louse can rise (3)

4: Cut short a wagger? (7)

5: I, for one, adhere to edict (13)

6: 'Elfin' featured in 'Complete Enya' (5)

7: 'Strike!' the French yell (4,3)

9: Police questioning a retiring toon under the table (13)

11: Call for help oddly stops (3)

14: Public school game on festive occasions (4,5)

15: Opening building in church grounds in Sulawesi (7)

16: An inhabitant of Eastern Europe makes love nearer the middle (7)

17: Anyway - no! (3)

19: Leather factory or solarium? (7)

20: Perhaps a bathroom contractor is mentioned to a former president (5)

23: The time before the first woman (3)




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