Crossword for Mon, 15/Oct/2012

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Across
1: Two daughters involved in sales of riding equipment (7)

4: Heading from the Dakotas to the Little Big Horn, general is waylaid by a person who can look into the future, and backs out (7)

8: Returned, blushing about departure (9)

9: No one told sister (3)

10: Check out tailless fish swallowing speck of dust with hand-held device (6,7)

12: Every other starlit fish starting search for little percussion instruments (9)

13: Radio hosts drink little (5)

15: Made new, breaking away from tired ideas (5)

16: Not well in vessel of large-calibre guns (9)

19: He explored star (7,6)

21: 23% of Scandinavians backing leaders (3)

23: 22 across, shot and others rustling his cattle (8)

24: TV's Ellen, upset after last two bits edited out, broke contract (7)

25: Wrestlers grip held. Too bad (7)
Down
1: Prominent performer with Peru's wild climbing rodents (9)

2: Took a load off awfully thin ledge (9)

3: Pattern upset clients (7)

4: Relaxes about measure, but holds malice (7)

5: Relieve an opposition of a low-point (5)

6: Trap with hands? (3)

7: Tendon's abnormal growth is in remission (5)

8: Memorandum maintains a balance (9)

11: UCLA urea tests involve internationally recognized scientists (9)

13: Persuade you to buy low-cal, so to speak, for unsightly fat (9)

14: Stabbed, bark 'A Kennedy' (9)

16: Embarrassed when a graduate took off (7)

17: Most organized, I'd interest in examination (7)

18: Pet name for pirate ship (5)

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

22: Sister gets nothing, we hear (3)




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