Crossword for Tue, 25/May/2010

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Across
2: On your feet! (8,5)

7: Valuable discovery certain in luxury travel (8,5)

10: French ladies made Sam mad (7)

11: Lawman inside fires back, hits female (7)

12: Arcking shot from Bill O'Brien (3)

14: It's big where some Ambassadors are at? (5)

15: Probed announcer's self-esteem (5)

16: Swamp creature resting tail on a rocky outcrop (5)

17: Unable to move, I rent sorely (5)

18: Bounder beheaded by slippery swimmer (3)

19: Upended Sparta's rulers (7)

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

23: Modernise rear, in the opinion of escort (5,2,2,4)

25: Ministers ordain art evil? I doctor a reversal (13)

Down
1: Those who study bugs' motion got less confused (13)

2: Zoom back from the deeps (5)

3: Collector is slow mover garnering southern selenium (9)

4: Ceases running features about Republican in serious trouble (4,7)

5: Capture ten heading north (3)

6: Gas makes one put on weight (5)

8: Look into deed, if I certify structure (7)

9: Disbelieving customer found in fetid cell in turmoil. (7,6)

11: Person with fixed notions is pretty sore, upset about the introduction of Ebonics (11)

13: Place to clean up bit of trash in club meeting area (7)

15: Favorite obsession, love touching undergarment (9)

20: Neil Armstrong initially brought back extraterrestrial (5)

22: Mother is outside with Muslim priests (5)

24: Oxygen is pretty amusing. (3)





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