Crossword for Mon, 14/Jan/2008

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Across
1: One young lady who is out of order (5)

3: Bribes due to be discredited in AFL? (9)

8: Taverns quoted cool clique (3)

10: Sadly curtail urge for land cultivation (11)

11: Mineral springs start to moderate involuntary muscular contraction (5)

12: Focus of heroic move inside (9)

13: Beauty stripping top and bottom is an additional feature (3)

14: Valuable coat of arms positioned (5)

15: Mr Stewart on the staff (3)

16: Take Chair in university (3)

17: Lightweight cat (5)

19: Child is to depart, finally (3)

21: Keep an eye on a new teak floor (4,5)

22: Belated top-and-tailing to gladden one's heart (5)

23: Seduce husband-to-be in parlor (7, 4)

24: Implement box for young cat (3)

25: Gray's line about young animals (9)

26: Massage central skeleton for money (5)
Down
1: A rag in question (2,5)

2: Father's into whips and chains, a violent action (5)

3: Centers for officers discussed (7)

4: Rider in Confederacy's last two campaigns, primarily by inclination (7)

5: Bird dog devouring bad lad (4,5)

6: Challenge the bench in retaliation. (13)

7: Deviated before getting cast out (7)

9: A little sports car, let to harassed Southern belle (8,5)

14: Actual air of confusion calculating insurance premiums (9)

16: Speak about bad deal in time for bargains (4,3)

17: Figure it can go to pieces (7)

18: Contracts for primarily nuclear missiles (7)

20: Settler-constructed bridge (7)

22: Gantry in Hilton Hotel, Mermaid Beach (5)




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