Crossword for Sun, 30/Dec/2007

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Across
1: ... and soon it will be read as etc. (3,2,2)

4: Rejections concern enthusiasts (7)

7: Carelessly let teeth rot completely (2,3,6)

10: Nothing we have to pay (3)

11: Cartoonist is to finally sell toy gun (3,6)

13: Body English for a billiards shot (5)

14: Neither's partner participated in an orchestra (3)

15: Extra-radical worker getting tan (9)

16: Strangely enough, cat's lease keeps getting bigger (9)

19: Height is equal to three-fifths of the first one (3)

20: Short time for the Irish (5)

21: Backward South American city captured by Bill (9)

22: A hint for the snooker champ? (3)

23: Conducted fight in tent, it's clear (11)

26: Protest if youth shows warrant (7)

27: Faint pout encompasses beast of burden (4,3)
Down
1: Drawing, for example, a bit of a cartoon (3)

2: Ned Lunig, thrown inside, openly seen to be crapulous (13)

3: Former name for joint audition (3)

4: How agitated was US snake? (7)

5: State that may be so ideal for sap (5,8)

6: Person with fixed notions is pretty sore, upset about the introduction of Ebonics (11)

8: Gradually reduce European Community requisitions for playback devices (4,9)

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

11: Mend a split state (11)

12: Startled, grabs sailor (3)

17: Fine log doesnt begin garden art (7)

18: Walesa still embodies how Nobel Laureates soar? (3)

24: Lifeblood of dope (3)

25: Child is to depart, finally (3)




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