Crossword for Tue, 26/Feb/2008

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Across
1: Painting a beard (7)

4: Liberate some tennis without charge (3,4)

8: Road without a pole (4)

10: Frolicking, pals-y team? (9)

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

12: Clearances for the first couple of characters to find answers. (11)

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

17: Rise as in throw, perhaps, showing fitness to fly (13)

21: Healers swear by the cases of the little river horse. (11)

23: Root for mounting might (3)

24: A German novelist's almost horsy model (9)

25: Perform part of play (3)

26: Spoke disrespectfully about university being obsolete (7)

27: Word of opposition from a friend of Caesar, J? (7)
Down
1: Long-winded poem about Bob, for the most part (7)

2: Low point for consumerist, reportedly (5)

3: Fairs with examples of sex positions (5)

4: Sailor seen in meager nighttime illumination (9)

5: Atom bombs to begin spewing ketchup ingredients (7)

6: Recreating the past, USS Enterprise finally turned up (9)

7: Pauses awkwardly after error but steadies nerves (5,2)

9: Reprimand about loss of kingdom (5)

14: Times leader knocks adornments (9)

15: How the obese appear to hunt? (4,5)

16: Buried by confused Hindu who took me in. (7)

18: 'Old car stalls,' discloses again? (7)

19: Hand out Kleenex, wiping away a bit of tears (5)

20: Turn over in outskirts of Sydney 2000 is a sign (7)

22: Pacific spot found in Paddington garages! (5)

23: Verily, the imperial fleet doth pine! (5)




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