Crossword for Thu, 21/Dec/2006

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Across
1: Exhibition is all-inclusive and superficial (7)

5: Outdoors running on a pier (4,3)

7: Check strong drink of 22-acrosss bold alter ego (5,6)

9: Chain some; cuff objectors (3)

10: Actress Katherine, busybody, stifles nasty burp (7)

11: Lug worm finally being a symbol (5)

13: Girl with an odd manor (5)

15: Boxer Max returned, holding heroin, for treatment (5)

17: Elizabeths dad to love flying set (5)

19: Curate ran immediately back inside tower (7)

22: Begins seeing another divorcee? Deplorable. (3)

23: Pretty girl takes part in outdoor cooking? No just toys (6, 5).

25: Free traders had leading parts (7)

26: Mean years following vow (7)
Down
1: Uneven ships cable made from hemp (5)

2: Finish suddenly, like an oboe? (1, 4, 2, 3, 3)

3: Got excited by unusual tulip (3,2)

4: Two hindus translated mystery stories (9)

5: Ball tops over-ripe bananas (3)

6: Caress one grand puzzlemaster (5)

8: Tiny bit of self-interest (5)

9: Holder of strange ritual of troll (5,8)

11: Start reducing salt? (3)

12: A country inn, a great building (9)

14: Venomous enemy lurks in Caspians (3)

16: Part of book covers ballpark legends, using reliable background sources (5)

18: Examples of containers (5)

20: Security chief purged a pair of generals (5)

21: Measure action to follow (5)

24: Clear initial rubbish in drain (3)




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