Crossword for Wed, 17/Nov/2010

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Across
1: Tickets complicate its action (9)

6: Taxi omitted going around gnome (5)

9: No hefty role at sea for ship-launcher (5,2,4)

10: Now Elton heard California's big one (3)

11: Boob implant cups: sad hoax in line with 15-down (8,3)

12: Dear benders (5)

13: A hint for the snooker champ? (3)

14: Flower inducing forgetfulness in vaudeville theater (5)

16: Pitchers were transported south (5)

18: Capture ten heading north (3)

19: Anchors in peat bogs (5)

20: Pretty girl takes part in outdoor cooking? No just toys (6, 5).

23: Nothing we have to pay (3)

24: Left with pal carrying new gold case (11)

25: Notice edges of pristine Western swords (5)

26: A German novelist's almost horsy model (9)

Down
1: Almost all choose fresh salmon (5)

2: Call on stranger, then elope (9)

3: One of the fishes fights (7)

4: Whacked repeatedly in the ear (5)

5: Scold head of state entertained by Ted Turner? That's most astute! (9)

6: Unfathomable letters from Lamb, say (7)

7: Dizzy Ben is a playwright (5)

8: Training some smart little monkeys (9)

12: So the ref stands by score, after ejecting a couple of starters (9)

13: Weight thrown around by tragic men (9)

15: Bride's outfit - a sort of shirt by Jean-Jacques? (9)

17: A bit of the English course may cause embarrassing situations (7)

19: Mix three parts bechamel, four parts orange (7)

20: Mark in Russian bar, empty the night before (5)

21: Weir contacting Hollywood star (5)

22: Slight urge at night (5)





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