Crossword for Mon, 31/Mar/2008

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Across
1: One who fought animal doctor ran after horse, ultimately (7)

5: http://www.science.org, an icon featuring a type of chemistry (7)

8: Missed hoax set up to trap Sunday drunk outside saloon entrance (4,5,2)

10: Mink, for one, may fly when theres trouble (3)

12: Secretly include railroad in family future (13)

13: Played Bingo at the French base (7)

15: Made clear how in directions (5)

17: Kicks watercraft (5)

18: Sob wildly and preserve secret (7)

19: Dine out and stop being vague (13)

22: Looks like an eyesore, sounds like an eyesore (3)

23: Alice, Val or 10-across exploit lotus-eating? (2,5,4)

24: To leaf I turn, becoming leafy (7)

25: Siblings who have orderly habits? (7)
Down
1: Random, visceral troop of hunters - that may open a door for you? (13)

2: Deviant animals mutated to this creature (9,5)

3: Some doctors oust head of Johnson and Johnson? (9)

4: Refusals thwarted goons (2-3)

6: Blunder into tall African mammal, with no infrared (5)

7: Great tax year after new condition (5)

9: Trips around Central Europe for arms parts (6)

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

14: Distended, having bolted a stew (7)

15: This behaviour causes sin! (9)

16: Evita Peron endlessly tortured spy (9)

19: Uncharacteristically, Dickenson pens uplifting romantic ballad (5)

20: The end of some rivers is oddly deep, lethal (5)

21: Small courses, no fine trimmings. (5)




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