Crossword for Sun, 13/May/2007

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Across
1: One watching over entrance returns identifying label (7)

5: Fellow put on English gold hat (7)

7: Cheer supporting blue automaton (5)

8: Rise above fad, carrying recycled cans (9)

11: Oriental talc dispenser deserves acclaim (5)

14: Hesitate to leave when harboring evil (9)

15: Takes hold of travel-bags (5)

16: Reuniting gentry I broke up (7)

17: Slimeball guards existence in French refuge (7)

19: Great crowd spirit (5)

20: Poem about social worker left with grace (9)

21: Down by one shot (5)

22: Cry at nothing and hope to be only slightly cowardly? (9)

23: Where transport is provided by chopper (5)

25: Skill is extremely tangible for a performer (7)

26: Puzzle with no more significance abroad (7)
Down
1: Dry vegetarian, about to like this puzzle, perhaps? (6, 7)

2: Clean oneself, but in reverse (3)

3: Bumped into yours truly at junction (3).

4: Innocent bystanders ultimately interrupted by one of the locals (7)

5: Author and actress receiving gold choker, originally (7)

6: Clearances for the first couple of characters to find answers. (11)

9: Came back on a diet anew and wasted away (9)

10: Changes direction with care, as befits a benefactor. (4, 4, 5)

12: This food won't give you a heavy feeling (5,4)

13: Cereal vermin seized by superb 16-down (11)

18: Small songbirds destroyed mitt near diamond (7)

19: A monster making some angry phone-calls (7)

23: Polygraph unexpectedly traps vandal (3)

24: Short bloke discontinued hike (3)




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