Crossword for Sun, 20/Aug/2006

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Across
2: Cheaper oil, gas distributed in Island chains (13)

8: Currently well-supplied? (5)

10: Rohmer hiding unit of Resistance (3)

12: Bury in the empty sepulcher, eventually (5)

13: Level called for salary increase (5)

14: I'm getting old and you can't get over it (7)

17: Trade stolen items to guard (5)

18: Gallows gear so one swings (5)

20: A short bird-man climbed in Africa (7)

22: Deputy at clock centre sounds hesitant (5)

24: Cathy's new boat (5)

25: Spinner step (3)

26: Seat for the trafficker who doesn't take sides (5)

27: Drive away roofing material before farmhouse becomes a target area (8,5)
Down
1: Artisan, it is told, stunned conservatives (15)

3: Call initially communicates real yearning (3)

4: Unwelcome visitors oddly unstirred (9)

5: Run off to marry in Tupelo, perhaps (5)

6: Toothpaste brand at Target? (3)

7: Deters an attempt to storm US government office (5,10)

9: Accommodate bear (3,2)

11: Neil Armstrong initially brought back extraterrestrial (5)

13: Sailor offers thanks to the British resistance (3)

15: Check about a form of power (5)

16: Victor Norman William (9)

19: Madison's statue (5)

21: English philosopher cured pig (5)

23: Unholy father backed shrew (5)

25: Abridged fibre project (3)

26: What this puzzle is (3)




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