Crossword for Sun, 16/Sep/2007

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Across
1: Okay shot ripped tears in butt (6-5)

6: Mink, for one, may fly when theres trouble (3)

8: Tour with crazy Mrs. Barton (9)

9: Broadway show's inane cast (5)

10: No government lawyer's thrilled to display being agreeable (3,6)

12: A girl in distress, sought by knights (5)

13: Gradually reduce European Community requisitions for playback devices (4,9)

16: Repeated note to help player? (6-7)

19: Chump getting past in chasm (5)

20: Tongue-in-cheek advice to enter cast (5,1,3)

21: Mister T ignored Scrooge (5)

22: Nasty note meant showing you're sorry (9)

24: Walesa still embodies how Nobel Laureates soar? (3)

25: Person with fixed notions is pretty sore, upset about the introduction of Ebonics (11)
Down
1: Bird accompanying gangster or outlaw (5,4)

2: Prohibit an attorney's organization (3)

3: Pauses awkwardly after error but steadies nerves (5,2)

4: Rebs to can fresh edible crustacean from southern states (5,4)

5: Allow meathead into mine opening (5)

6: Support a deranged original (11)

7: Three kernels of copper-yellow grain (3)

9: Argue about something boring (5)

11: Does the wandering hero duly hostess perplex? (7)

14: Gets behind in cooking Creole dish (9)

15: Butcher shop's opening to sounds of hilarity (9)

17: Light up during fire sale (5)

18: Snippet from flick I esteem as more distasteful than any other (7)

20: Introduction to book by mere poet (5)

21: Reportedly is nostalgic for wife (3)

23: Essential part of Cayce's power! (3)




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