Crossword for Thu, 16/Oct/2008

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Across
1: Sheds last one carelessly (4-3)

5: 21-across A lot of fuss about a trifling matter, according to Shakespeare? (4,3,5,7)

8: Burial place of a Kennedy girl, not an Askew (9)

9: Dark, scary thing (5)

10: Famous marshal perfects listening devices (9)

11: Feed all but the first stranger (5)

13: Rohmer hiding unit of Resistance (3)

14: Everyone in Italy's mad - so it's said - for ice cream (5-6)

17: Support a deranged original (11)

19: Mr Stewart on the staff (3)

20: Romero races around (5)

21: Wrong, or sure one is wrong (9)

24: Put on University of Texas ring (5)

25: Bilbo got misled about a necessary part (9)

26: In a dream I venerate clothing (7)

27: Expert in scriptural interpretation in Devon River to fetch sweetheart (7)
Down
1: Fall fall stops? (6,3)

2: Enticements disrupt mental rules (11)

3: First Fleet diarist-cum-swimmer (5)

4: A chair may be material (5)

5: Looking back inside at Rik's inimitable revealing outfit (9)

6: Profile of study-trip (7)

7: Tarka beheads scoundrel (5)

12: Don't encourage satellite pace to slacken. (11)

15: ...hence, in this place, furnishings initially included in rent (9)

16: Discourage trendy princess's affectation (9)

18: Rear oat variety as a way to break up the soil (7)

20: Raced around a tree (5)

22: Buff the French coin (5)

23: Spring water coming up natural, simple, and fresh (5)




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