Crossword for Wed, 30/May/2012

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Across
1: First class marks ripped off and sucked out(9)

6: Frost over mid-January during epic exploit (3,2)

8: End tirade about confused men (7)

9: Odd bits of Niacin and Sprite (5)

11: Clown with a tail. (3)

12: I deem turds a regrettable necessity (11)

13: Diet, sir! Clergy upset with fat constituents (13)

15: Liquidation of one country led by pair of fools (13)

17: I see marks on jumbled party favors (11)

20: What's left when you burn the tree (3)

22: Quick thrust giving a little nudge to sled (5)

23: 30-across Locality of drama and current progress (5,2,4)

24: Returning sailors receive a penny for singular catch (5)

25: A German novelist's almost horsy model (9)
Down
1: Pointer is slender, lacking tip (5)

2: Travel - pioneering art form (13)

3: Redesign it about Elle. (7)

4: Conducts true incomplete search before Tuesday the 5th of August (9)

5: Old-fashioned pastor has dined inside (5)

6: Children nicely holding back secret (5)

7: Local bounder flooded field, say, producing fruit (9)

10: Bug found in examination and in a full going-over (10,3)

13: Every other starlit fish starting search for little percussion instruments (9)

14: Throw a fit as ice is tossed in shower (5,4)

16: One American tree growing wild that's very plain (7)

18: First time under par for the tournament. (5)

19: A revolutionary New England state or an Indian state (5)

21: Paradise without second shelter? (5)




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