Crossword for Thu, 24/Jul/2008

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Across
1: Inactive side (3)

3: Sound practical perception is a normal feeling (11)

9: Rocks lure a breeding fish (4,9)

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

11: ...implies it hasn't changed (5,2)

12: Terrier shows how to stray (3)

13: Herb gets into place for icy dessert (7)

14: Come before chief of police, and back off (7)

16: Explosive provided turning point of natural uprising (7)

19: Musical work for double act with nothing new (7)

22: Backblock not all there (3)

23: Insignificant trial includes six from old Rome (7)

24: Ball tops over-ripe bananas (3)

25: Repeated note to help player? (6-7)

26: Carelessly let teeth rot completely (2,3,6)

27: Therefore, finish off this bit of work (3)
Down
1: Gloomy pizza maker taking day off around middle of January (7)

2: Marvelous egg primarily lined with bits of extremely rare gems (7)

3: Flimsy cord around basket material (9)

4: A weak line of defense from wise men? Not! (7)

5: Eat after hollow enclosure is discovered (5,2)

6: Jump Begin (5)

7: Alien in spa written up for 'a display of greenness'? (7)

8: Discussed one who broadcasts mistake (5)

15: Wood shavings? A strange device for a banner! (9)

17: Defence work to smell a rat all over again (7)

18: 'Doctor, I hear bees,' the French drool (7)

19: Outfit wins Tet Offensive (7)

20: Early missionary or saint in a European setting (7)

21: Taking a turn with a maiden over jewellery (7)

22: Centre of diamond is shrouded in fog (5)

23: Scrabble piece having D and a diacritical mark (5)




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