Crossword for Sun, 9/Mar/2014

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Across
1: Acid destroyed brace (5)

4: Left behind? Shiver violently and wither (7)

8: Actor works on two dialects (5,8)

10: Story about a little boy -- save for later discussion (5)

11: Better armed in illusion of sleep (4)

12: Wander around inside territory (3)

13: Song is a gas (3)

14: Think at length about lost planet, comet (11)

17: Hope destiny is remarkable - to free the mind (11)

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

19: Inactive side (3)

21: Inspect gold dust without refining initially (5)

22: Feeling produced by tease 'n' sex (5)

24: Vicious return to professional serve reveals the inequality. (13)

25: Earthenware bowl eventually replacing fragment of prehistoric drawing (7)

26: Sketch conscript (5)
Down
1: Tie torn coats (7)

2: Rug behind structure in Scottish city (9)

3: Flower - say, in Victoria's province - to raise (9)

4: On your feet! (8,5)

5: Against space race effect (5)

6: Two articles in French about Diamonds and Big Dipper (5)

7: Bird and man going different ways (9)

9: Nick shouts - and theres trouble brewing! (3,5,2,3)

13: Also major European capital lawman in northern constellation (9)

15: Urgently compelled president? Sure - with democratic leader (9)

16: A country inn, a great building (9)

20: Some people differ about Castro (5)

21: Something useful - like a matching collection? (5)

23: German painter in a southern state (5)




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