Crossword for Sun, 13/Dec/2009

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Across
1: And not in town, ordinarily (3)

3: Fashion term heartless: Feeling up Blossom (6-2-3)

8: Transfixes the finger-tips (5)

11: Dolly led runt astray (7)

12: Mechanical worker pushing start button in the depths of the plant (5)

13: Mozzie disturbs lone sheep (9)

14: Cringingly escape around canopy (9)

15: Confused poet initially enters self-help group (2,3)

17: Nasal quality essentially irritates Vera (5)

19: Horse cart relocates minstrel troupe (9)

22: Exposed record to drop some data (9)

23: I'm to get older in picture (5)

24: Sour substance made from grape plant and fish (7)

25: Pick a wrong angle (5)

26: Inspects old radical for a moment (5, 6)

27: Club with space for some money (3)
Down
1: Sent off info to npr.org? (9)

2: Ran across one package decoration in colorful display (7)

4: To accept covert mission, in brief, is an opening for chaos (7)

5: Chewed-up gum in tater -- how toothsome (5-8)

6: Heads appearing strange in distorting lens (7)

7: Hordes of unions' speakers (5)

9: Scenery has to get down by starting 12-across (7,6)

10: Noise of family gathering at the start (5)

16: No man confused about brave king of Mycenae (9)

18: Elsa ran frantically for store (7)

19: Edit verbose note (7)

20: Raced around a tree (5)

21: Try to get ripened... it's a calamity (7)

22: Plunges about in State's evidence (5)




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