Crossword for Sun, 9/Mar/2008

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Across
1: Don't repeat lyrics (7)

4: Free time around quiet stream (7)

8: Game cooked in ovens (7)

10: Closer to morning, sound of storyteller follows organ (7)

11: Shredded chad, he decrees, is one ingredient (7,6)

12: Organized fatso follows start of precise measurement including pound of seasoning (11)

15: Walesa still embodies how Nobel Laureates soar? (3)

16: One final, huge Greek goddess (3)

17: Does the wandering hero duly hostess perplex? (7)

18: State that may be so ideal for sap (5,8)

22: Ape, bird, teal, buck (7)

23: Bad blood from taking head off to slay William (3,4)

24: Gee, Etna exploding can't be more than twenty years old (7)

25: Trainees' ads make TV (7)
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2: Seat for the trafficker who doesn't take sides (5)

3: Sent off info to npr.org? (9)

4: Plastic shelf for meat (5)

5: Serious musical talent at home (7)

6: Some wealthy women, I'm told, gossip about curves (9)

7: Cat linked stories to the underworld (8-5)

8: National official is here, carrying identification, after challenge overwhelms local center (4-9)

9: Begins seeing another divorcee? Deplorable. (3)

13: Instrument making snout feel odd (4,5)

14: Excessive praise for bad spelling ain't aloud (9)

17: Play has 10 miniature scenes (7)

19: Leather wavered, I hear (5)

20: It comes to a point everyone heard (3)

21: Mail I accumulated contains bone (5)




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