Crossword for Mon, 4/May/2009

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Across
1: Story of a cold nobleman (7)

4: Ed hates broken earphones (7)

8: Scared, pay to cover up dent (7)

10: Kind of eagle that is a resident of Sesame St. (5)

11: God! Get real! There's no point getting upset (3)

12: Man, having taken a dose of LSD, is overcome by dread in a world of shadows (9)

13: Course left out of Texas city's comeback (5)

14: Energetically undid your toils (9)

15: Clear vision of no assistance (9)

17: Performer causes agent to lose head (5)

20: This behaviour causes sin! (9)

22: God, transforming first day into last night, was received (3)

23: Nearly everyone can work on the course without help (5)

24: Between Virginia and Los Angeles nothing has flavour (7)

25: Not all colleges say education is attempted (7)

26: Avoid duty like a self-satisfied leg-puller (7)
Down
1: Shocks friend overwhelmed by rude slap (7)

2: End of the line in 28 across - it's of prime importance (7)

3: Flirted terribly, and on your example dated start-ups (5)

4: Hobo accepts employment at a home on the water (9)

5: Prosecutor entering motion following air conditioning company manager's initial settlement (13)

6: Shocking situations, losing first of criminal's footwear (7)

7: As Rev. Spooner might say, 'Please remain tomorrow' (7)

9: Secretly include railroad in family future (13)

14: Returned, blushing about departure (9)

15: Captive's name placed in tube (7)

16: Nerve cells that could make nose run (7)

18: Filipino's persistent follower no neutral (7)

19: Drag inside remains of the struggle for survival (3,4)

21: Keeps, in vases, bananas (5)




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