Crossword for Wed, 10/Oct/2012

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Across
1: Agree to cross Rubicon for money (7)

5: He stirs up a one who had referred to him in the past. (7)

9: Perform part of play (3)

10: Black arts and demons concerned with Homer's issue? (4,7)

11: Dark, scary thing (5)

13: Bystanders are ready to see Queens (9)

14: A good friend to union, radical is not doing it for money (7)

16: Zoom back from the deeps (5)

18: Blasts most of eucalypt stumps (5)

19: Supporters, but not for long (7)

20: Concrete area covered by company's emergency equipment (4,5)

22: Comes last in frightfully easy assessment (5)

23: I see marks on jumbled party favors (11)

25: Vicar regularly outdated technology (1.1.1.)

26: Beneficiary of ticket sales, in general (7)

27: Singer Mel, not heartless, is suffering (7)
Down
1: A changing sort of forced labour (5-4)

2: Scale Ten after taxes (3)

3: Ball tops over-ripe bananas (3)

4: Training some smart little monkeys (9)

5: Content little rest for the painter (5)

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

7: Vulgar and insipid (9)

8: Shrimps spread with dabs of tartar sauce (5)

12: Conducted fight in tent, it's clear (11)

14: Taking up assorted roads with Crosby (9)

15: Bruce crazy about leading medical specialist lying (9)

17: Add pantry to make dude! (9)

20: Test fabrics in nightgowns and ladies' tops (5)

21: Egad, a saw, run in reverse (5)

24: Now Elton heard California's big one (3)

25: Compete with life in France (3)




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