Crossword for Wed, 2/May/2012

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Across
1: Rolling wave rolls into Rolling Stones song (3,3,4,3)

9: I left bear in pain it was the curdled milk! (7)

10: An idea to throw out ring away from home (3,2)

11: Arcking shot from Bill O'Brien (3)

12: A Hollywood star upset about paparazzi hub in crude social event (6,5)

13: Masters' final foursome tees off -- 'Singh-ular' start (6,3)

15: Terrier shows how to stray (3)

16: Solo, the pilot rises? No way (3)

18: Difficult situation with drug in back of pantihose (5,4)

20: Be prepared with amnesties for truancy (11)

23: Choose to take the top off (3)

25: Steel is ruined, nearly destroyed (5)

26: Where some 16-downs fell, its beyond cover (3,4)

27: How a diver might marry (4,3,6)
Down
1: Uncharacteristically, Dickenson pens uplifting romantic ballad (5)

2: Flying bugs share desert flora (9)

3: Hollywood location less than clean (7)

4: Decimal, in many cases (5)

5: Segregate horses around the object of a hunt (6,3)

6: Something to knock down in the alley for writer at home? Back at home? (7)

7: Waiter forgetting one drink (5)

8: Add pantry to make dude! (9)

13: There are crazy Romanians in this tiny republic. (3,6)

14: In a pickle about where one should apply the acne cream (2,3,4)

15: Kinky sex in pool is a blast (9)

17: Nag male, starting with pain in the neck (7)

19: Initially taking lumber off cart (7)

21: Knock out acrobat's last daring feat (5)

22: Fiber extracted from thistles (5)

24: A sample makes sense (5)




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