Crossword for Fri, 9/May/2008

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Across
1: Tie torn coats (7)

3: Couple gain control of schooner, for example (3-6)

8: Lion's leader publicizes dens (5)

10: Places and composition? (9)

11: Very young cat I lost in an ancient city (7)

12: Kicks watercraft (5)

14: Dont alter it, child; its a hat! (7)

15: Mrs Schmidt's penny is fake (5)

16: Call girl sting nabs head of Moral Majority (5)

17: Opposition leader has share in speech (7)

18: Demand payment? Just so! (5)

19: Zero writing for 'humble' Wilbur's speech? (7)

22: Manipulated Cleo, queen with a silver tongue (9)

24: Rushes for middle of glossed lip (5)

25: Syrian mother with a part in a play (9)

26: Rambling tales are out of date (5)
Down
1: Unscripted part for head librarian (2,3)

2: Go up cedar's first branch (5)

3: Fast times with company cracked high-strung recruiter (6,5)

4: Have bananas now (3)

5: Drink to them, not with them. (6,7)

6: Scratches container with a Mark of Sorrow? (9)

7: Over 24 hours, Parisian street may feel remorse (3,3,3)

9: Pal teased about crazy snack food (6,7)

12: Sent one page rewritten in military lingo (11)

13: At last eating, I'm finally getting better (2,3,4)

14: Private cabin, say, with space (9)

20: In Howard's End - one has a passage here from Forster (5)

21: De Bergerac hugged bird on return (5)

23: Odds of niece being born (3)




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