Crossword for Fri, 25/Apr/2008

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Across
1: Shifting financial fortunes cause industry revolution (8,5)

7: Had dressed formally without a hat (5)

8: Trying restful turns around ship (9)

10: Full house often enough to secure this young pet (5)

11: Switch trains without interest and sit (9)

13: Curse the mother country? (9)

15: Big Bird: 'Apologies--getting a late start' (5)

16: Norse gentleman? Not exactly. (5)

17: Gee, boys--pitch a suitcase? (9)

18: Mozzie disturbs lone sheep (9)

19: Got excited by unusual tulip (3,2)

21: Washed-up press agent, having dropped client's butt, is not the one in the driver's seat (9)

23: Seaport of royal Tamerlane? (5)

24: Canadian water ordered for regal tea-break (5,4,4)

Down
1: Tolerate small stream (5)

2: Changed musician not so offensively pious (13)

3: Old fool is strange in New York (5)

4: Opening event in cruise: Iran art display (7-6)

5: Its a firm, small lettuce (3)

6: Dispatched boxing champ--outstanding (7)

8: Scenery has to get down by starting 12-across (7,6)

9: Holder of strange ritual of troll (5,8)

12: Those passing the first round see getting D's (5)

14: After arrival, pair of ghosts making noise of frustration (5)

16: Knife to skin head and trim pelt (7)

19: Film relay got mixed up (5)

20: Jet to Mars for one, never reaching the end (5)

22: Sheep to start wallowing in ease (3)





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