Crossword for Thu, 22/Sep/2011

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Across
1: Crushed bones, say, as source of sauce (4,5)

5: Bury with arms and legs but no head (5)

8: Rascal and wuss taking week off (3)

9: Discounting losing one's sense of humour? (8,3)

11: Irregular bouts of activity suit beach scrubbers (4,3,6)

13: Tapping the rear of fashion model (7)

14: I'm great novel detective (7)

16: True gem discovered within landscape feature (3-4)

18: Disappointment for French village around 1st of December (7)

21: He explored star (7,6)

24: Think at length about lost planet, comet (11)

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

26: Reportedly hoist Jeter of the NY Yankees (5)

27: Race cars Dr. Silver steers without trace of effort (9)
Down
1: Deck out detective, putting pants on backwards (5,2)

2: Chatter about some pay-back (3)

3: Later on, does dance with a lay-person? (9)

4: In a dance, little do plenty (9)

5: Main nerve carries most central portion (5)

6: One who is just observing shocking Serb row. (7)

7: A button on the microwave belongs to berets or fedoras, upon reflection (7)

10: Pate topping primarily honey and tamari? (3)

12: Child is to depart, finally (3)

14: Play with exaggerated emotions made moral play (9)

15: Unwelcome visitors oddly unstirred (9)

16: Glimpsed middle age, bored (7)

17: A right given to colliery worker or sailor (7)

19: Cull out from top ten (3)

20: Puzzle with no more significance abroad (7)

22: Side-face, or front? (5)

23: Venomous enemy lurks in Caspians (3)

25: You audibly ram partner (3)




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