Crossword for Mon, 26/Feb/2007

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Across
1: Judges playing conkers? (7)

8: Lick up pal (3)

10: Pathological bumbler holds a record (5)

11: Maintenance with Jones family perhaps (7,2)

12: Natural talent in opening measures of Franz Liszt melody (5)

13: Western retreat satisfactory, accepted by canoeists and surfers? (3,8)

15: One politician's a brat (3)

16: Sounds like everything: a bore (3)

17: Just grazed the pasty? (4-7)

20: Composer employed in hotel garage (5)

21: Minor work taking half a month - an endless epistle (9)

25: Climp up on horse on high ground (5)

26: Club with space for some money (3)

27: Resolute British detectives in action (7)
Down
2: Nothing virile about British actor (7)

3: Quiet floor decoration is a sign of indifference (5)

4: Model of former liberal (7)

5: Rejections concern enthusiasts (7)

6: Curse the mother country? (9)

7: Certain mollusk back in Hokkaido ports again (9)

8: Telekinesis pinches Albanian coin (3)

9: He wrote a bit of poetry! (3)

13: Feeble queens former partner is of feminine gender (6,3)

14: Al's gamble on outcome of sports (4,5)

17: Recipe including bull's heart is first class (7)

18: Fires possibly singe it (7)

19: Sick love leads soldier to start contemplating irrationality. (7)

22: Cast ballots, with five to back Edward (5)

23: Attempt test (3)

24: Age of neo-catastrophe? (3)




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