Crossword for Wed, 26/May/2010

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Across
1: Little Digger pens sailboat drawing sheets (6,3)

4: Firm rear end (5)

7: Sprinted fleetly? (3)

9: Incomplete raw data lies in largely unexplored regions (4,7)

11: Story about a little boy -- save for later discussion (5)

12: One general is retiring from duties and sacrifices (9)

14: Small stones unfinished in cemetary plot (5)

15: Old Testament greeting for Moorish general (7)

17: In Wayward Manor he makes a special candelabrum (7)

19: Cut corners and omit taking minutes (5)

20: Boil pasta for one; 'no more' (9)

21: Hellish center for immigration? (5)

22: Actress Tori, lacking direction, is getting the characters out of order(11)

24: Inflexible yet adjusted (3)

25: Adore inconstant nymph (5)

26: Big wheel examines prejudices (9)
Down
1: Large strumpets turned a trick? (9)

2: Retinue and company again go round, get back (7)

3: Logical oil Polish chap applied (13)

4: Extend a term of imprisonment (7)

5: One final, huge Greek goddess (3)

6: Bouquets of flowers, freshly opened (5)

8: San Francisco athlete captures wild boar, an obvious choice (2-7)

10: Ellen, golf wife, creates a sense of joint interest (6,7)

13: Old file is destroyed in valuable Arab lands (3,6)

16: Slippery deck spots are on either side (9)

18: With reference to above -- Phys. Ed. Department has renewed contract (7)

19: Magician's handy craft of little importance for the auditor (7)

20: Small feature role has arrived, love (5)

23: Hear Native American appeal (3)




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