No 2740, Sunday 26 May 13

ACROSS
5   Some in opposition secretly follow taxi I catch (6,7) SHADOW CABINET {SHADOW} {CAB}{I}{NET}
8   A table in a train, say (6) ABOARD {A}{BOARD}
9   Animal in area - tent abandoned (8)  ANTEATER*

10 Eats in Lemnos hotel (4) NOSH [T]
11 Practical person's grim past at camp (10) PRAGMATIST* 
13 Point of land facing tornado? It's hard to say (6,7) TONGUE TWISTER {TONGUE} {TWISTER}

15 Desert deal possibly in the frame (10) SADDLETREE*

17 Shrewd tramp, not married (4) ARCH mARCH
18 Stephano crashed carriage (8) STANHOPE* Put in Phaetons and was confused for a long time

20 Artist losing knight in game (6) HOCKEY HOCKnEY
21 Family magazine disagreed, strangely, with others around (7,6) READERS DIGEST {RE{ADERS DIGE*}ST}

DOWN
1   Mother runs with ghastly hat on in race (8)  MARATHON {MA}{R}{HAT*}{ON}
2   What could be done with me about choice of pseudonym? (3,2,5) NOM DE PLUME {NOM DE {PLUM}E*}
3   Touch a bottom? Almost (4)  ABUT {A}{BUTt}
4   Really popular female turn (2,4) IN FACT {IN} {F}{ACT}
5   Who might supply our best stamps? (13) SUBPOSTMASTER* &lit
6   Nondescript figure, to a smaller extent (13) CHARACTERLESS {CHARACTER}{LESS}
7   Box of valuables found in wreckage of usherette's car (8,5)  TREASURE CHEST*
12 Fern's first musical (10) MAIDENHAIR {MAIDEN}{HAIR}

14 Which dear French PM? (8) THATCHER {THAT}{CHER}

16 Gloomy pub in Scottish town (6) DUNBAR {DUN}{BAR}
19 Exposed old writer (4) OPEN {O}{PEN}

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