Crossword for Sat, 30/Aug/2008

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Across
1: Flower, large one, set up outside (5)

4: It's normal if evil?! (6, 3)

8: Ball tops over-ripe bananas (3)

9: Be prepared with amnesties for truancy (11)

11: Lovely to have an hour inside for recess (5)

13: Burial place of a Kennedy girl, not an Askew (9)

15: Why give someone a ticking off? (4,3)

16: Southeastern Greek Island harbor (7)

17: Stocks for bears (7)

18: Coolest sort of cats (7)

19: Effective arrangement by one decent person (1,4,4)

21: Lodge heard discharge (5)

23: Actress Tori, lacking direction, is getting the characters out of order(11)

25: Concealed hot part of psyche (3)

26: Bruce crazy about leading medical specialist lying (9)

27: Rule for finding direction between-times? (5)

Down
1: Instrument on top of tree or shrub (5)

2: Arcking shot from Bill O'Brien (3)

3: Fancied poem composed in comfort (5,2,4)

4: Makes a killing in Massachusetts land holdings (9)

5: DVD possibly missing model of natural filter (5)

6: Requires five kills, or a single accurate shot. (3)

7: Explosive device held by one failed candidate (7)

10: 16-down Redundant RE question, like derr (2,3,4,1,8)

12: Where Gen X discuss motor damage amid brief pursuit (9)

14: Playwright rethinking copyright wrangle (4,7)

16: Wanting lean candidates in favour (5,4)

17: Cher holds arm of flirt (7)

20: Stan's partner is central to Follies (5)

22: Centre of diamond is shrouded in fog (5)

24: Plan to return with woman (3)

25: Polygraph unexpectedly traps vandal (3)





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