Crossword for Sun, 23/Mar/2008

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Across
1: Weapons in a womans speech (11)

9: Marauder contaminating a pet river (9)

10: Throw out faulty nib (3)

11: Ailment moving one to get nourishment (7)

12: The Girl Guides show how to start a fire (7)

13: Antelope found in oriental country.(5

14: Spread Dianne's pearls around (9)

16: Two detectives produce a cosmetic (3,6)

20: Nasty small places (5)

22: Crazy bald guy in Beetle (7)

24: Mad at Oscar for broken pottery, writing on it (7)

25: 23% of Scandinavians backing leaders (3)

26: Athletic practice for period of examination (4,5)

27: Fast times with company cracked high-strung recruiter (6,5)
Down
1: Old aircraft and odd blimp on a fixed course (7)

2: Found jumbo rig in a teamster's parts (9)

3: Narcs study crackhead's ultimate road to nowhere (4,3)

4: Ground dipped around bottom of ditch (7)

5: Again dices pith of herb as stuffing for baguettes (7)

6: Avoid duty like a self-satisfied leg-puller (7)

7: Mechanical worker pushing start button in the depths of the plant (5)

8: End of the line in 28 across - it's of prime importance (7)

15: There are crazy Romanians in this tiny republic. (3,6)

16: Points about dangerous wires can invigorate. (7)

17: Ingrained reaction at home for wildlife (7)

18: Appreciate it: a large data format (7)

19: Lady hugging extremely old lumberjack (7)

20: Tits are flying birds (7)

21: Mark Jr? (7)

23: Warrigal 13-across poorly (5)




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