Crossword for Fri, 21/Aug/2009

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Across
1: Pate topping primarily honey and tamari? (3)

3: I need half a month before becoming a saint (9)

8: Resident, alternately speaking (7)

9: Col in unopened 10-across tie (7)

10: Greenback entrances Microsoft boss (4,5)

11: Big Bird and Ernie auditioning after Sesame Street ends (5)

12: and 2 Curses! Dons the parodists (4,3,7,2)

14: Broke out of cell -- found in prickly sedges (5)

16: Look into bazooka-firing Afghanistan people (5)

18: Watch, say (7)

21: King John's last to find out (5)

22: Coats need woven yarns (9)

24: For slimmers: food almost tasteless, initially, and costing nothing? (3-4)

25: Central matter for physicists luncheon: rocks releasing hydrogen (7)

26: Building for owl and treble changes? (4,5)

27: The time before the first woman (3)
Down
1: Make known one pound increase after high school (7)

2: Write off aggregate (5)

3: Land filled with rain is OK (7)

4: Canadian water ordered for regal tea-break (5,4,4)

5: Seal simpers forlornly (7)

6: Simple addition in cult film (4,5)

7: That woman has articles put in case (7)

9: Rolling wave rolls into Rolling Stones song (3,3,4,3)

13: Make an attempt at a basket weaving (4,1,4)

15: Hail storms send a message about WWI explosion (7)

17: Savage welcomes United Nations' interment (7)

19: Exotic cider as cocktail (7)

20: Heart of delicatessen, certainly, is meat (7)

23: Not here? No, no! (5)




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