Crossword for Wed, 20/Apr/2011

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Across
1: Horse fly's, um, retreating (7)

5: They come with corsets sometimes (7)

9: Comic embraces date at end of Fourth Dimension (5)

10: Moving haltingly, stopping short of the end (about a foot), by sundown (9)

11: Furious persons cry for the lure of the wilderness (4,2,3,4)

12: In favour of an outer garment for protection (5)

13: Telltale churning up dirt on CIA (9)

16: Tending in Southern California to fight straw man? (9)

18: Silent, cat backs away from it (5)

20: He explored star (7,6)

23: He is round (grossly fed) (9)

25: No spot for weather forecast before snow approaches (5)

26: Former color no longer in production? (7)

27: Cuts cables again? (7)
Down
1: Montana contract cut back (5)

2: Exotic cider as cocktail (7)

3: Fair sort one fleeing SAAB/Holden prang (3,6)

4: Boatman doing role sloppily (9)

5: Therefore, finish off this bit of work (3)

6: Doll part, that is (5)

7: Ali, among others, is a practical person (7)

8: More stable, or slide around (7)

14: Our Foreign Minister embraced German, and in his own country (4,5)

15: Whip a pick-me-up to cause stupor (9).

16: Ryes, gin, rum in shooter? (7)

17: Importance of history (7)

19: Horseman conveyed mineral to listeners (7)

21: Neil Armstrong, first to return from another world? (5)

22: Throws line to star at the premier in 'Cats' (5)

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




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