Crossword for Sat, 22/Dec/2012

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Across
1: Venomous enemy lurks in Caspians (3)

3: Support sign for subordinates (11)

9: Massive dinosaur hiding in Antigua? No, Donna! (9)

10: Help found in Adelaide. (3)

11: Noble start to resistance in French resistance movement (7)

12: Ms. Lane swallows last of lean cuts of meat (5)

13: Paraphrasing 'A Certain Sport': 'Wait till next year!' (13)

16: Minor change in the White House? (6-3-4)

19: Ensemble originally formed with ocarina, cello, theremin, euphonium, and tabla (5)

21: Cocktail set king supporting the flag (4,3)

23: Sounds like everything: a bore (3)

24: Inmate Ian playing dead (9)

25: E.g., told story about cave-men (11)

26: I am reported to leer (3)
Down
1: Rising from an island in the Atlantic (9)

2: Glint of silica in neat crystal (5)

3: Masters' final foursome tees off -- 'Singh-ular' start (6,3)

4: Master William's title - or not? (7)

5: Turning back, Sid went in to astonish naturalists (7)

6: Black-out unhinged LuAnn (5)

7: Doesn't move convict housing in a rising (9)

8: 'Pops' is very unhappy in retrospect (5)

13: A legendary archer's in little Spanish Idaho town (9)

14: Clarifier is followed by mixed signals (9)

15: Please get tough about rising average temperature (9)

17: A couple of pints back up two-part cheer (7)

18: Retreat is covered by Times canine expert? (7)

19: Old role for paintings that trick the eye (2,3)

20: Taste test (5)

22: Agreeable to taking in Eastern relative (5)




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