Crossword for Mon, 28/Apr/2008

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Across
1: The rope got twisted by a shrub (3-4)

5: Drive an unusual visitor (7)

7: Unfathomable letters from Lamb, say (7)

8: End of the line in 28 across - it's of prime importance (7)

11: Neil Armstrong initially brought back extraterrestrial (5)

12: Hot and sultry, stripping right in current (7)

13: Mr. Upton dressed, one suit being just like any other? (2-5)

15: Something cold in Candice Bergen's makeup (7)

16: The very young at times dash around seniors with energy (7)

18: Closest home receives attention (7)

20: Buses and trains. (7)

22: Tied down holding back fighting (5)

23: Fools around near hellholes (7)

24: A sign of winter here in Paris -- clashes when ash is dumped (7)

25: Candidate has no time for ease, apparently (7)

26: Encase most of the Ashes wrongly (7)
Down
2: I'd party wildly after hitting this? (3,4)

3: 'Ransom'? Lame. Run 'Rocky I', 'II', 'III', etc. (5,8)

4: Oriental talc dispenser deserves acclaim (5)

5: Nice work - point out the beginning (9)

6: Cant this band collect any moss? (7,6)

7: Double profit repeatedly (5,3,5)

9: Minor change in the White House? (6-3-4)

10: German poet in anger tying up Kay (5)

14: Reverend Spooner's congregants join together in fast (9)

17: Unsettled boxer (5)

19: Paul wears shirt the wrong way to provide shoulder covering (7)

21: Leaders of South Korea in disgrace suffer slippages (5)




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