Crossword for Mon, 19/May/2008

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Across
1: Six lions play fiddles (7)

5: Ach, Cole wrecked something in the ear (7)

8: Cat linked stories to the underworld (8-5)

11: Six points making a case for one in good shape (5)

12: Some wealthy women, I'm told, gossip about curves (9)

13: Reportedly is nostalgic for wife (3)

14: Enticements disrupt mental rules (11)

17: Bobbed beneath in playful attempt to drown journalist. (6, 5)

19: Encourage horse led with direction. (3)

20: Most in side swim in Derbys river (9)

23: Movie rating implicit in Baghdad ultimatum (5)

24: Devil and saint share presentation (13)

25: Sarah has friends from France on a Greek island (7)

26: Speculated that it was a talkative visitor (7)
Down
2: Ignore the first of itineraries for excursions (6)

3: Cast light upon awfully tired aria (9)

4: Indolence evident in Rowes Lothario (5)

5: Dismissed Pat? Thats an indication to stop (9)

6: Tossed sixth of cookies in class (5)

7: Feeling threatened, suggested concealing identity (11)

9: In Germany, the monster returned from the east. (5)

10: Missed hoax set up to trap Sunday drunk outside saloon entrance (4,5,2)

15: UCLA urea tests involve internationally recognized scientists (9)

16: Food product of the sea - including fish (9)

18: Third stack of paper rises to the top. (5)

19: Queen is gaga for horses (7)

21: Cloth was dug up! (5)

22: Nasal quality essentially irritates Vera (5)




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