Crossword for Fri, 18/May/2012

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Across
1: Tarnish, with bit of dirt, symbol of Superman's composure (9)

6: Reliable, timeless jet (5)

9: Please get tough about rising average temperature (9)

10: Globe's automobile award (5)

11: Gutter seamstress (5)

12: Mad? O, yes! Mad dog! (7)

13: Craft technique for remodeling aged coupe (9)

15: Mineral springs start to moderate involuntary muscular contraction (5)

16: Courses finish with Decline and Fall (5)

17: Evil colleague, for example, breaking in contrary to law (9)

19: Poles in trouble with character from Greece (7)

21: As in 'Lee goes back to the drawing board' (5)

23: Ensemble originally formed with ocarina, cello, theremin, euphonium, and tabla (5)

24: Disorder outside is undermining the state (9)

25: Lovely to have an hour inside for recess (5)

26: Bluff included in reckless dare in ivy league college (9)
Down
2: Pointer: 'Start off thin' (5)

3: Taper rude, non-standard deviation (9)

4: Exegesis of clue an idiot misunderstood (11)

5: Hear Native American appeal (3)

6: Impostor made flanking attack (5)

7: By luck, lab reconstituted molecule (9)

8: This would make me a lord (7)

9: Ideas educate to reveal that things have relaxed.(5)

12: Toff aimed to do himself proud. (11)

14: No problem to deal with puritan on the radio (9)

15: Tales swirling about federal agents associated with certain divisions (9)

16: Told fib with particular relaxation (3,4)

18: Calls for lemon and mustard, losing zero weight (5)

20: Flower inducing forgetfulness in vaudeville theater (5)

22: Upset expression of surprise follows failure of comic take-off (5)

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




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