Crossword for Sun, 14/Nov/2010

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Across
1: Motorist to welcome hailing? (3-6)

6: Chaney horror clip upset chronic laugher (5)

9: Tea a fizzy drink? What a farce! (7)

10: Want verse included in poetry translation (7)

11: Bravery of marine figurehead?? (7)

12: I hear mantas and surface (5)

13: First-class puzzle originally from Ontario is available (2,3)

15: Faint pout encompasses beast of burden (4,3)

17: Stone or card (7)

18: Flipper's conclusion (5)

21: Excerpt from selection in 'The Ultimate Life of a Cat,' perhaps (5)

22: In favour of court or university official (7)

24: She plays in a small enclosure on one street (7)

25: Moving round to booming (7)

26: Short line in letter back-fires (5)

27: Often copper brews up two common drugs. (6,3)

Down
1: California business providing front for fraudulent racket (9)

2: Confirm what Goldilocks discovered (4,3)

3: English novelist is in future a delight (5)

4: Wives' strange ideas (5)

5: Put another way, perhaps, clarinet overwhelming harps, somehow (9)

6: Accept amputation to carry on an affair (4,2,3)

7: Serious musical talent at home (7)

8: Starts to actually believe you survived snake pit (5)

14: Person in a suit sporting ordinary flap (9)

15: Support caliph, ultimately; reflective quote is portentous (9)

16: Pluto is cold and tired out; its a disgrace (9)

17: One who tempts peril grabbing leopard's head (7)

19: Mr. Upton dressed, one suit being just like any other? (2-5)

20: Concentrate on projectionist chore (5)

22: Ultimately develop top demonstration (5)

23: Ocean region's pure refreshing air (5)





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