Crossword for Tue, 19/Aug/2008

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Across
1: From memory, next to courage (2,5)

5: 'However' and 'Believe' singer is someone who handles cuts (7)

9: Healers swear by the cases of the little river horse. (11)

11: Backward Nevada city or city singer (7)

12: A Baptist's head held by a priest in a river (7)

13: Club with space for some money (3)

14: To implicate is innate, swallowing a hundred backing Space Station One (11)

16: Ceases running features about Republican in serious trouble (4,7)

17: Consumed, beginning at the end (3)

19: Ape, bird, teal, buck (7)

20: Decline a stab in bum (7)

22: Girl mostly into turning inside out - it's never ending! (11)

24: Speak about bad deal in time for bargains (4,3)

25: Sterne's novel settlers (7)
Down
1: Spotted by a large number - church interior (7)

2: Let loose on mower, he's the lord of the manor (9)

3: Britannia - she never has blanched (5)

4: Gradually reduce European Community requisitions for playback devices (4,9)

6: Lands filled with soft-shelled creatures (9)

7: Pate topping primarily honey and tamari? (3)

8: Say again 'Others had food' (7)

10: End of Oslo peace process making things less clear (13)

14: Lined salt shaker made ready for use (9)

15: Woman losing head after another fall (9)

16: Certain engines stall less jerkily (7)

18: Neuters wrestle majority of such neuters (7)

21: Scholars in Sunday School a long time (5)

23: Beauty stripping top and bottom is an additional feature (3)




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