Crossword for Sun, 17/Feb/2008

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Across
2: Had to be infatuated (9)

7: Frost to cover the cake (3)

9: Which creatures are found in factions? (7)

10: Dance degree takes the cake (3,4)

11: Bend in Pennsylvania court case related to revered founder (11)

13: We blame knitter for small woolly jumper (3-4)

14: She's lap dancing - that's unfortunate (7)

17: Get zany, swimming in exotic river (7)

19: Sick love leads soldier to start contemplating irrationality. (7)

21: Toss a hammer into a nuclear accelerator! (4,7)

23: Fish owned harbour (7)

24: Styli nearly unnecessary (7)

25: Looks like an eyesore, sounds like an eyesore (3)

26: Wild ermine encaged years here?! (9)

Down
1: Greek character now collecting stamps (9)

2: Recreation (i.e. stamp collecting) (7)

3: Copy hasn't disturbed yes-man (9)

4: One final, huge Greek goddess (3)

5: Tag his shirt in order to discover if he's only a little bent. (11)

6: Regretted backing up grasping tip of massive object (5)

7: Fictional knight's one leader handled blade (7)

8: Correspondence with meal I cooked (5)

12: Bill board reflected family meal extra (5,6)

15: Itinerant labor packing fruit for Great White Hunter? (5,4)

16: Win, or find an heir (9)

18: Do annoy suspect when both hands are up? (7)

20: American boxer entering kind of club in Middle East region (7)

21: Trains without commanding officer and suffers (5)

22: Impostor made flanking attack (5)

24: Complain about the horse (3)





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