Crossword for Wed, 21/Nov/2007

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Across
1: Case for recording Eminem, for example (7)

5: Fire still in old instrument (7)

9: Inept casino confused the issue (4,2,5)

10: Outrageous trio of Italians bursting in on divorcee and me (7)

11: Reunite sundered entourage.(7)

12: Garbs orations that lack publicity (7)

14: Gymnast produces hybrid of car and boat (7)

15: Shot at lure? (7)

17: Odysseus' first requirement - to catch you like Polyphemus? (3-4)

19: Sex drives don't initiate. Alibi? Two from Mexico. (7)

21: Ancient historian understood America (7)

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

25: Plots get Cuban revolutionary leader in a terrible mess (7)

26: Attack raise with no return (3,4)
Down
1: West Head and Gap fully integrated! (5)

2: Tie torn coats (7)

3: Have sheriff's helpers joined Nazi police (7)

4: Those with regrets reining in destroyers (7)

5: Penniless meal is fantastic (5)

6: Yeller eats two steak bones as Elly May's pet (7)

7: It's on the coast of Australia - a tree discovered by science (6,3)

8: Crooner Mel: famous, loveless, suffering (9)

12: Ties braids without ribbons at the front (9)

13: Prove guess in outright delight (9)

16: Little bit quiet about Old Dick before the end (7)

17: Gets bastion rebuilt (7)

18: Starting off, bent charm (7)

20: Leaders of South Korea in disgrace suffer slippages (5)

22: Belgian port getting rid of an idiot (5)

23: A chair may be material (5)




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