Crossword for Fri, 7/Dec/2012

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Across
1: Second thoughts following half-formed wishes are handfuls of straw (5)

3: Defile broken seed box (9)

7: Jumpy is frog one likes (4,2,3)

9: Loathing for leader leaving platform (5)

11: No government lawyer's thrilled to display being agreeable (3,6)

12: Left a port near Dubrovnik (5)

13: Right, turn right to play with robot (3)

14: Discounting losing one's sense of humour? (8,3)

16: Healers swear by the cases of the little river horse. (11)

18: Essential part of Cayce's power! (3)

20: Raptor is well under par (5)

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

24: Demonstrated the way in which to keep poles apart (5)

25: Perhaps men sit and eat in a cafe (9)

26: Recycled output for larger hollow tree within (4,5)

27: Moulding material to be included in upcoming miniseries (5)

Down
1: Driver who's disappeared in conflict (7)

2: Smokey's threat turning up deep in northern parts (5,4)

3: Slangily, hip old English author (5)

4: Exercise time inside (7)

5: Deliver a sweetener to mix with your date? (5,4,4)

6: Shakespeare character speaking overhead (5)

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

10: Witticism provided theme (5)

15: Open singles with additional meaning (9)

16: Lists scoundrels (5)

17: Slimeball guards existence in French refuge (7)

19: Proper wordplay describing actress Moreno (7)

21: A garden ornament makes men go mad (5)

23: Tarka beheads scoundrel (5)





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