Crossword for Wed, 5/Sep/2007

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Across
1: Pretty girl takes part in outdoor cooking? No just toys (6, 5).

5: Throw out faulty nib (3)

7: Army lieutenant offers options for leaders in a distant state (5)

8: Unfinished riding gear for Indian town (7)

10: Custom in Communist radical uprising (2, 5)

11: Protest if youth shows warrant (7)

12: Bankrupt being disrespectful about victory sign (9)

14: Brand of cat food containing bird's head and feet (5)

16: Drive back pariah from the East (5)

18: Ill, quite sour, and kind of blue (9)

20: Young birds or seals may be heard (7)

22: Always, the final way is a mountain! (7)

23: Apparition in Hampton maze (7)

24: Tony flipped over English floor covering (5)

25: Picture a dessert without topping (3)

26: Sly dog covers horses for dancers (3-8)
Down
1: Wilder badger liberates (9)

2: Tumultuous, so I tour around (7)

3: Disbelieving customer found in fetid cell in turmoil. (7,6)

4: Bird and man going different ways (9)

5: Water ceremony or fire in a crisis (7)

6: Cross chest located in New York (5)

8: Abridged fibre project (3)

9: Defusing timer incorrectly can lead to this! (13)

13: One annoying to Republican advisor (9)

15: We hear you cannot pay, so you can't smell. (9)

17: Show attendant a part of the bible (7)

19: After Vermouth, I seem about to list (7)

20: Bobby-Ray slashed coconut meat (5)

21: In all, just a little peak. (3)




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