Crossword for Sat, 19/May/2007

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Across
1: Hound British regime in India about Gautama's original tree (9)

6: Demonstrated the way in which to keep poles apart (5)

10: Chewed-up gum in tater -- how toothsome (5-8)

11: Broadway show's inane cast (5)

12: User brought back radio part (wrecked sound) to return to use (9)

13: Rapidity with which heat's dissipated (5)

14: Motorist to welcome hailing? (3-6)

17: Frank comes to fall practice a lot (9)

18: Pointer is slender, lacking tip (5)

19: Raises chickens (about 8) (9)

24: Disgusting donut turned a greenish color (5)

25: Rocks lure a breeding fish (4,9)

26: Drive a head (5)

27: As a gross disorder grips a Spanish city (9)
Down
2: Remember, mine cries in distress (9)

3: In morning, use me and part of the Bible for diversion (9)

4: Mom going topless--that's something else (5)

5: Confederates sample party food while talking (5)

6: Downright fine (5)

7: 20-across Love to be a boy on a farm; its a means of reconciliation (5,6)

8: ...near fishing boats stocked with cold bait (5,8)

9: Has beach porno upset those repulsed by Web developers? (13)

15: Regains no recollection from thinking (9)

16: Green coat for Italian composer and Spanish painter (9)

20: Steel is ruined, nearly destroyed (5)

21: Comic Viking bombs fish (5)

22: We turned up with endless Irish pitchers (5)

23: Abstract art is just one step.(5)




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