Crossword for Wed, 29/Apr/2009

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

8: Clip securing a bow at the front of sister's dress (5)

9: Cause of weighty solemnity? (7)

11: Fancy brush? (5)

12: Keep an eye on a new teak floor (4,5)

13: Bush, senior (5)

14: An oral examination is not advised if one has this sort of foresight (4,5)

15: Escorted place for investment? (2,7)

20: Drank up in station (5)

22: Aquatic plant providing a variety of materials (5,4)

23: Creep closer to girl, fight cold back (5)

25: Puzzle with no more significance abroad (7)

26: Certain to be restrained. (5)

27: Grave study: code-breaking? (13)
Down
1: Remains as the woman goes inside (5)

2: By garment's third wearing, regretted bright colour (4,3)

3: Mistakenly reboot C: in spooky month (7)

4: Identify a record from the Philippines (7)

5: Record Buttrose with acidity in her final judgment (7)

6: Seedy lawyer is short on rest, disturbed (7)

7: Deviant fellow following Esther Williams at times (9)

10: A clown circled at a distance (5)

13: Baffling wild giant mice (9)

16: Ron is in elegant state of persistence (7)

17: Madonna and child in stonework? (7)

18: At hand no competent help (5)

19: Moscow politician revolting in style (7)

20: Sound measure when Bec lied badly (7)

21: Strip legumes (7)

24: Many sound prospects for prospectors (5)




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