Crossword for Sun, 19/Oct/2008

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Across
1: Elizabeths dad to love flying set (5)

4: Support caliph, ultimately; reflective quote is portentous (9)

9: Whip me. Our lust is timid (9)

10: It might make an impression on a philatelist (5)

11: Conclude a recitation off-key (11)

12: In the manner of a girl (3)

14: Monarch met monarch in even open space for coin-operated machines (7,6)

17: Actor works on two dialects (5,8)

20: Chatter about some pay-back (3)

21: Just grazed the pasty? (4-7)

23: Excessively sentimental dunderhead in the river (5)

24: Conspired to be captivated. (9)

25: End is close, doctor surreptitiously revealed (9)

26: Bumps into butcher's display of tongue? (5)
Down
1: Swamp creature resting tail on a rocky outcrop (5)

2: Dance to old home recording (3 4)

3: Underworld biggie (and chief stoolie) is a rich and powerful person (9)

5: Assault on SandL comes to nothing (9)

6: Dispatch Socialist in contempt (5)

7: Take peach heart to make sweet tart (7)

8: Getting by with saying It'll cut out tight bends (6,3)

13: Hidden in tomb? (9)

15: Article entered in it that is a point for silly remarks (9)

16: Cooked moist rice is a sexual stimulant (9)

18: I stand in at queen's inauguration... wow! (7)

19: Forbidden tureen harbors biting thing that comes out at night (7)

21: Some people differ about Castro (5)

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




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