Crossword for Tue, 29/Sep/2009

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Across
1: St. Louis primarily consuming unrefined pastry (7)

5: Let bank arrange cover (7)

9: Consequence of upsetting thug or two (9)

10: Bouquet's sent up to network director? (5)

11: Apprentice relinquishes heart to temptress (7)

12: Spot stick-in-the-mud Republican with fan (7)

13: Detains stranger as a substitute (7)

14: Thumb Drum? (3)

17: at peoples uptown bar for starters? (3)

19: Food provider for tom and two queens (7)

21: Herb gets into place for icy dessert (7)

23: Awful bed lace causes fiasco (7)

24: Almost all I have is lousy (5)

25: Strangely enough, cat's lease keeps getting bigger (9)

26: Doris has residence in old West African republic (7)

27: Help with comeback of secular parties (7)
Down
2: Tits are flying birds (7)

3: Incorrectly read pitch for a song (4,5)

4: It's not the editor in chief that looked threatening (7)

5: From memory, next to courage (2,5)

6: A revolutionary New England state or an Indian state (5)

7: Before long 1000 French to be having Sunday fowl (7)

8: Gradually reduce European Community requisitions for playback devices (4,9)

9: Fling an item of furniture (3,5,5)

15: Yours truly, with Bill, tossed oil at Captain Steroid (9)

16: Im backing into meat from Belgium! (7)

18: Fatty food shop (7)

19: Doctor returns, secures ancient manuscripts (7)

20: Apricot tart contains cheese (7)

22: With a big smile, catch a Royal fish (5)




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