Crossword for Sun, 16/Mar/2008

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Across
1: Deepest swimming is totally immersed (7)

5: Ohio Art cast Shakespearean character (7)

8: Height is equal to three-fifths of the first one (3)

9: Ruby ran off to marry after a couple of events came to light again (11)

11: Paraphrasing 'A Certain Sport': 'Wait till next year!' (13)

12: Shabby and insolent, having no trace of breeding (5)

13: Object to professional examination (7)

15: Leave northbound dude in car (4,3)

17: Gore locked in little boy's room (5)

20: Aunt Peg really messed up the cheap seats (6,7)

22: Conclude a recitation off-key (11)

23: Crew member is one in operating room (3)

24: Before much time has elapsed a nobleman takes that over there (5,2)

25: Former color no longer available? (7)

Down
1: Ran quickly along and scraped me badly (9)

2: Palestinian group participating in way out feat (7)

3: Graphically describe harbour light (7)

4: English lead getting into the pants of guys (5)

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

6: Confederate general accepts a satisfactory discharge (7)

7: Soldier shelled in song from the past (5)

10: Fold suit and undershirt (5)

13: Plenty supporting nuclear process (9)

14: Add pantry to make dude! (9)

15: Drank up in station (5)

16: Loves turncoat in extremely raunchy speechmaking (7)

17: Dispatched boxing champ--outstanding (7)

18: Told a whopper; admit rest (3,4)

19: Five Gaelic poems (5)

21: Small stones unfinished in cemetary plot (5)





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