Crossword for Tue, 31/Jul/2007

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Across
1: Rohmer hiding unit of Resistance (3)

3: Missed hoax set up to trap Sunday drunk outside saloon entrance (4,5,2)

8: Defusing timer incorrectly can lead to this! (13)

10: A hundred are guaranteed to get this hairstyle (7)

11: Skied around protective barriers (5)

12: Ultimately, dconstruire, to the French intellectual, is simple (9)

13: Requires five kills, or a single accurate shot. (3)

14: One may be transported by this kiss, it's said (3)

15: Herb upset Rico; also with little hesitation (9)

20: Idea I'm followed for days (5)

21: Upended Sparta's rulers (7)

22: Noted Sid returning and ex leaving, put out (13)

23: Ceases running features about Republican in serious trouble (4,7)

24: Mr Stewart on the staff (3)

Down
1: Senior citizen losing 500 toddlers at sea (7)

2: Get the wrong idea, damn it, distressed about breaks (13)

3: Free time the French one rues, unfortunately (7)

4: One wink, or forty (4-3)

5: Dexterity is an insult, so we hear (7)

6: Warrior and Republican in fantastic legend (7)

7: Anticipate warning cry about bearing (7)

9: Stop fooling around with her at tea break (4,1,8)

14: Censored: soft behind, lip in bed (7)

15: Legendary rich guy gets called, then folds (7)

16: More spacious island accepted by tenant (7)

17: A fool, for instance, may use a very good spear (7)

18: Explains how to get rid of rear ends! (7)

19: Reds die, but revolutionary lived (7)





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