Crossword for Sun, 24/Apr/2011

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Across
1: Vie with prisoner and nurse (7)

5: Big man in charge of berg victim (7)

8: Doctrine for some Kiwis makes sense (3)

9: Dressing of malt and beans to make horse tender (9)

11: Initially tied with us, downhill racer was in contention? (7)

12: Making syllabic omission, lied badly in Gateshead (7)

14: Drink to them, not with them. (6,7)

17: Runner or dramatist in play (13)

20: A methodical soldier? (7)

21: Box put on line for bird (7)

23: Carry out country's acts of philanthropy (9)

25: Later round without an opponent (3)

26: I am to beat urge (7)

27: Crazy macabre American authors outside making perfumed hair applications (7)

Down
1: Actor works on two dialects (5,8)

2: Identifies men as displaced - best not to be one at 34's (5)

3: Poles in trouble with character from Greece (7)

4: Theologist embraced love's point when medicated. (5)

5: Essays about old dramatic works (9)

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

7: Vet theatre opening 8-down (3)

10: ...near fishing boats stocked with cold bait (5,8)

13: Detailed map I sent off (5)

15: Model spoken about is reserved (5)

16: Per Rev. Spooner, instrument in Hef's bedroom for sensitive area (5,4)

18: Damage the object, Mr. Gore, having to do with marriage (7)

19: The portrayal of things as they are in Mailer's novel (7)

21: Bouquet's sent up to network director? (5)

22: Zealous police action captures leader of blackmailers (5)

24: Unappealing environment for a snooze (3)





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