Crossword for Tue, 27/Mar/2007

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Across
1: Compete with life in France (3)

3: Offering resistance, cattle run wild (9)

8: Unappealing environment for a snooze (3)

9: Support sign for subordinates (11)

11: Siegfried's partner, Al, marries for portion of proceeds (9)

12: About....about right? Wrong! (3)

13: Noisy tunnel in Queens or The Bronx, for example (7)

15: Forgetful of cinemas craft (7)

16: Brought back sample of Gruyre; it's a touch more savory (7)

18: Stabs at centre-left defences (7)

20: Scale Ten after taxes (3)

21: His stable is unstable, it's found (9)

24: Black arts and demons concerned with Homer's issue? (4,7)

25: Fuss about a party (3)

26: Avoids seeds, pits, nuts (9)

27: Hear Native American appeal (3)
Down
1: Poison with spite (5)

2: Top dog in hiding from distemper organisms (7)

3: Dangerous undertaking skiers in busy S bend (5,8)

4: Bad call involving entrance to our neighborhood (5)

5: Nominee is cold and indifferent initially... see? (9)

6: Trips around Central Europe for arms parts (6)

7: Shortens break, going back to arouse with comedy bit (9)

10: Drink to them, not with them. (6,7)

13: It's on the coast of Australia - a tree discovered by science (6,3)

14: Difficult newspaper or novel (4,5)

17: Comedies are strange, I assert (7)

19: Surrounded by asses, he tries again (7)

22: Pour dripping over tack (5)

23: A garden ornament makes men go mad (5)




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