No 10400, Friday 02 Mar 12, Buzzer

Sorry for an incomplete CW, with the paper coming in so late it's impossible to complete if I have to leave early, like today when I have to rush off for a wedding.
ACROSS

8   - Cuban cocktail, it's a charm to drink it (6) - MOJITO {MOJ{IT}O}

9   - Ordinary English in native Prague — half of it goes over one's head (5,3) - (Addendum - OPERA HAT {O}{P{E}RA HA{iT} - See comments)

10 - US steady after changing times (8) - TUESDAYS*

11 - Central African came across at first as measured (6) - METRIC {MET}{afRICan}

12 - Agitated hefty Hollander, not right about very loud blow up (3,3,3,6) - FLY OFF THE HANDLE {HEFTY+HOLLANDEr+FF}*

14 - King from old Spain, timeless fool in retrospect (7) - OEDIPUS {O}{E}{DIPUtS<-}

16 - Area of groundwater in French tableland (7) - PLATEAU {PLAT}{EAU}

19 - Manila for one, follows press article to innovate (4,3,8) - PUSH THE ENVELOPE {PUSH} {THE} {ENVELOPE}

22 - Cook in a style primarily from Lyons, adding Mirabelle brandy etc (6) - FLAMBE {F}{L}{A}{M}{B}{E}

24 - Cable TV broadcast reaching Indian village (8) - TELEGRAM {TELE}{GRAM}

25 - Spooner's sweetheart to tap dance in America (5,3) - BUNNY HUG Anno pending (Addendum ~HONEY BUG - See comments)

26 - First name in writing from eastern Estonia (6) - ERNEST [T]

DOWN

1   - Seafood business not doing well inside Quebec (8) - COQUILLE {CO}{QU{ILL}E}

2   - Evacuated Fiji when taking care of disaster (6) - FIASCO {FijI}{AS}{CO}

3   - A great deal of Romania has fully developed (5,5) - ROYAL FLUSH {RO+HAS+FULLY}*

4   - Russian soup or broth prepared with a dash of salt and a hint of clove (7) - BORSCHT {BROTH+S+C}*

5   - El Salvador is lacking in regard to rain (4) - TEEM esTEEM

6   - Dictator's transport held up in Egypt (8) - MARTINET {MART<-}{IN}{ET} How is Egypt 'ET'?

7   - Boy, native of Denmark seen round Italy and Luxembourg (6) - DANIEL {DAN{I}E}{L}

13 - One shot at Wimbledon perhaps, by partial discharge of firearms (4-6) - HALF-VOLLEY {HALF}-{VOLLEY}

15 - Barbaric to bury about one-third of Angola (8) - INHUMANE {INHUM{ANgola}E}

17 - iPad creator overwhelms Australia and gets cheers (8) - APPLAUSE {APPL{AUS}E}

18 - Norway established sample government reserve funds (4,3) - NEST EGG {N}{EST} {EG}{G}

20 - German Mark obtained in mutual conversion (6) - UMLAUT*

21 - Folk tale from E-England rewritten after article is lost (6) - LEGEND EENGLanD*

23 - Parrot found in former Czechoslovakia (4) - ECHO [T]

No 10399, Thursday 01 Mar 12, Neyartha

Note: Starred clues have no direct definition, but their solutions are all related to a common quantity ..... 

.... and all of them were made yesterday ;-) and Sachin is still searching for one :-(

ACROSS

7   - *Shouted after losing opener to the retiring Earl (7) - HUNDRED tHUNDeRED

8   - Clip about protecting the English university's flightless bird (7) - PENGUIN {P{ENG}{U}IN}

10 - *A large cask for the auditor (3) - TON (~tun)

11 - Get a set of words for an attractive slogan? (5,6) - CATCH PHRASE {CATCH} {PHRASE}

13 - Crass stupidity: It's out of place when put in order (4,2) - TIDY UP stUPiDITY*

15 - Good French article on South Africa's strokes of luck (8) - BONANZAS {BON}{AN}{ZA'S}

17 - Message medium at a silent sit-in? (7) - PLACARD [CD]

18 - *Whine about the adapted tune (7) - CENTURY {C{TUNE*}RY} Made just yesterday

21 - Portugal's king, sheltered by saints, accepts the church's American regalia items (8) - SCEPTERS {S{CE}{P}T{ER}S} Not sure of anno (Addendum - {S{CE}{PT}{ER}S} - See comments)

23 - Fast Rob easily conceals the disco fixture (6) - STROBE [T]

24 - Tease Asha in order to reveal insensitivity to pain (11) - ANAESTHESIA*

27 - *Bow for Edward to remove the Chinese leader (3) - ARE AR(-c+e)E

29 - Bizarre wrapping for silver results in indignation (7) - OUTRAGE {OUTR{AG}E}

30 - Crude latchkeys forged by gangster abandoned (7) - SKETCHY laTCHKEYS*

DOWN

1   - Fumbling tout in the den is upset with the lesson (8) - TUTORIAL {TOUT*}{LAIR*}

2   - Reportedly got into debt in obtaining the poem (3) - ODE (~owed)

3   - Athena's half-brother comes up with the medical preventatives (4) - SERA <-

4   - Hunter's state after the loss of his arms? (10) - WEAPONLESS [CD]

5   - Indian music melody, on reflection, may help in growing a culture (4) - AGAR <-

6   - Elaborate outdoor party's fate is funny (6) - FIESTA*

9   - Frenchman expelled by the bishop tricks the strikebreakers (5) - SCABS SCA(-m+b)BS

12 - Bath holder for a pupil? (6) - EYECUP [CD]

14 - *Attendant admits hesitation in picking up the penny (10) - PERCENTAGE {P{ER}{CENT}AGE}

16 - Country's identity (6) - NATURE [DD]

19 - Research about labour leads to revivals (8) - REBIRTHS {RE{BIRTH}S}

20 - Run with The Guide 's heroine to the basement to get the basketry material (5) - OSIER (-r)OSIE(+r)R

22 - *First person missing out on the calcified substance covering a tooth's root (6) - CENTUM CEmeNTUM

25 - The leaders of England unfortunately refused offer of a common currency (4) - EURO {E}{U}{R}{O}

26 - Partially drink yoghurt that is dark-blue (4) - INKY [T]

28 - Eye infection found in a pig pen (3) - STY [DD]

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