Crossword for Sun, 5/Nov/2006

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Across
3: Drawing, for example, a bit of a cartoon (3)

6: Behind and down and out (3)

9: Though run over again, MP hasn't died (5)

10: Lost sail heading for eastern passage (5)

11: Totally lacking a lofty plaything (3)

12: Wake up Hoad, beaten in motorists facility (9)

13: Annoying ad for toaster design? (3-2)

15: She literally describes high society (5)

16: Drive away king who returns to surround the leading pretender. (5)

17: A couple of eerie bears look quietly, and slip away (5)

19: Waterhouses partner slashes discounts (5,4)

22: Neither partner finds way out of country (3)

23: Made clear how in directions (5)

24: Is next to a total bust (5)

25: Gorilla taking head off at it's base! (3)

26: Concealed hot part of psyche (3)

Down
1: Answer to shop-hands offer of marriage? (7-8)

2: Before time like an aristocrat? (5)

3: Larvae can appear to contain cure-all (7)

4: Sailor takes gym class to slim down (5)

5: Spread of the ocean encompassing fish (9)

6: Woman on Swiss shore (5)

7: Mothers copper, Mark, is male (9)

8: Sober geezer once lambasted a man who had his fill of spirits on Christmas Eve (8,7)

13: Episcopal mixed drink (9)

14: Animal or container in tree (9)

18: Moving round to booming (7)

20: Irene's new name (5)

21: After a second, whip and rip (5)

22: Arenas almost filling with the hooter (5)





Solution (Reversed)
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