Crossword for Sat, 15/May/2010

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Across
1: A tendency to bungle and cry, 'Near upset!' (7)

4: Approaching street, notice a crunchy snack(7)

8: California's foremost flower crosser is a highly skilled individual (9)

10: Regarding Mutt, make a comeback? (5)

11: Doc to be remodeling houses this month (7)

13: A hundred are guaranteed to get this hairstyle (7)

14: Awful din; ill effects were her own doing (4-9)

16: Illness I catch performing exercises? (13)

19: Wealthiest Rhode Island bureau (7)

21: I'd party wildly after hitting this? (3,4)

23: Do tell! A puzzle found in a cornfield? (5)

24: Yours truly, with Bill, tossed oil at Captain Steroid (9)

26: Boat in which poor crew are caught between port and starboard. (7)

27: Old pies thrown in sack (7)
Down
1: 'Shut up or else,' con snarled (7)

2: Grill when involved in corruption (5)

3: Capture perfect score in review (3)

4: Principle unaffected by revolution (5)

5: Mere chance of depression interrupting peace (11)

6: Explanation for Bill (7)

7: Winning over the heart of quirky scatterbrain (7)

9: Red Cross is putting on bazaar (7)

12: Hostile warning: one man has captured the queen (11)

15: Spring inside proper old theatre (7)

16: Male meandering in back of sedan burned 'Sugar' (7)

17: Lacing with a touch of Kahlua -- not enough? (7)

18: Visual quirk set in stone. (7)

20: Send back stopwatch, as an example (5)

22: White House held back by fool 'Gipper' (5)

25: How to get around doing business, essentially (3)




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