No 10260, Friday 16 Sep 11, Neyartha

Seeing stars in 5D!!
ACROSS

1   - Differently done drama about the wife of Perseus (9) - ANDROMEDA*

6   - Some regard warfare as a stunt (5) - DWARF [T]

9   - A replacement for the island's sacred plant in the American city (5) - TULSA  {TULS(-i+a)A}

10 - Balance of the Keralite family sent back by the bibliothec (9) - LIBRARIAN {LIBRA}{RIAN<-}

11 - Pour gin cocktail for the coterie (7) - INGROUP*

12 - Firm support for the office machine (6) - COPIER {CO}{PIER}

14 - Minor's fair right is ignored (6) - PETTY PrETTY

15 - People may have a tough time distinguishing these twins (9) - IDENTICAL [CD]

17 - Cracked red nut and got something unwanted (9) - REDUNDANT*

19 - Ran out with the Balkan to see the American mammal (5) - COATI {CrOAT}{I} 'I' from see? (Addendum - CrOATIan - See comments)

20 - Painter's chart is trampled partially (6) - ARTIST [T]

22 - Quality gauge (7) - CALIBRE [DD]

24 - Luna Gauri crashed at the opening (9) - INAUGURAL*

25 - Look for the antelope with antlers in Tibet initially (5) - AWAIT {A}{W}{A}{I}{T}

26 - Auditor's workshop solution is clouded (5) - MILKY (~mill){MIL}{KY}(~key)

27 - Mistake to retreat into the divide and give up (9) - SURRENDER {SU{RRE<-}NDER}

DOWN

1   - Movement that made the sun set on the British empire, say (4-11) - ANTI-IMPERIALISM [CD]

2   - Glad to have a contract to secure the beam (9) - DELIGHTED {DE{LIGHT}ED}

3   - Speech in ball on the circular switch I love (7) - ORATORY {O}{R{ATOR<-}Y} Anno for RY not clear (Addendum - {O}{R(-o+a)AT(-a+o)ORY} - See comments)

4   - Right to drop off Henry's wrapped tablet when going up to the Oval (10) - ELLIPTICAL {E{LLIP<-}ThICAL}

5   - Pole getting rid of the chief minister's dais gets an English court directive (1,1,1,1) - A ? B ? (Addendum - A.S.B.O. A(-m+s)SBO - See comments)

6   - Persist with the art Doug created (4,3) - DRAG OUT*

7   - Boxer's reported purchase of a story (5) - ALIBI {ALI}{BI}(~buy)

8   - He may prepare one for the final rest (7,8) - FUNERAL DIRECTOR [E] Not seen in India as yet. We have plenty of sleeping ones though!

13 - Strange cell in a rut is convex on both sides (10) - LENTICULAR*

16 - Applaud the management for getting a wood piece for the building wall (9) - CLAPBOARD {CLAP}{BOARD}

18 - Bill's bright bouquet (7) - NOSEGAY {NOSE}{GAY}

19 - Put together 70 per cent of the surety (7) - COLLATE COLLATEral

21 - Investigate the rising hostilities in East Timor (5) - TRAWL {T{RAW<-}L} 'TL' is the Internet suffix for East Timor or Timor-Leste. See link.

23 - Plant with a rainbow appearance (4) - IRIS [CD]

GRID