Crossword for Mon, 22/Dec/2008

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Across
2: Play faster in last 3/4 of piece with bass held backward (5,2)

6: Terrorists question one of Saddam's subjects (5)

9: Glass part of lock (7)

10: Certain plants contributing to hectic activity (5)

11: Beauty stripping top and bottom is an additional feature (3)

12: Tag his shirt in order to discover if he's only a little bent. (11)

13: Leaders of Orioles and Rangers stick in the dugout? (3)

14: Sent one page rewritten in military lingo (11)

17: Does the wandering hero duly hostess perplex? (7)

19: Draw a stomach uprising (3)

20: Rebel action disrupted festival (11)

23: It comes to a point everyone heard (3)

24: That terrific ingot has a sweetener (5)

25: Gold cot in rummage sale (7)

26: Flipper's conclusion (5)

27: Holds records for drinking. (7)
Down
1: Do another version of Kerouac's work (2,3,4)

2: Maples, nuts, and berry filling in a box of assorted chocolates (7)

3: New York island is hellish without boundaries (5)

4: Anger doctor internalizes is more serious (5)

5: Members of the GOP missing note for bartenders (9)

6: Old Peruvian laughs if leagued (2,7)

7: Attribute for a document copier (7)

8: I head riveting, intriguing and quiet nationality (5)

14: Weights laced with silver ring, forms of graphite (9)

15: Form of denial mistaken as yin/yang (9)

16: Vegetables are chickens? (9)

18: Hotel of more than average height in capital (7)

19: Pitching ideas to yes men (7)

20: Head cook has one (5)

21: Savings plan question starting to intrigue certain Middle Easterner (5)

22: Lovely to have an hour inside for recess (5)




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