No. 9466, Thursday, 26 Feb 09, Nita Jaggi

Quite a straightforward CW today not many complications or controversies. I have got stuck on 21A though
ACROSS
 1 - Old man to take advantage of a short silence (5) – PA{USE}
 4 - Catches the rare kind of holy man at day’s end (7) – ARRE*{ST}S
10 - Tradesmen are to seize back the headgear (6) – TUR{BAN<-} Annotation of RUT not clear. Do you know that the turbans tied by Army officers will display exactly six folds on one side irrespective of whether he is in uniform or civil clothes . Have a look next time you see an army officer 11 - Commander to put with difficulty an electronic data (8) – COM{PUT}ER Clue appears to be incomplete should have been electrnic data processor
13 - Due to be acknowledged? (8) – CREDITED [2]
14 - The boy is in doubt to turn in to the former students (6) – {AL}UM{NI<-} 16 - To appear in Home Counties small square (4) – S{EE}M
17 - Sister is at the market at nine confused by girl making a neat appearance (10) – S{MART}{ENIN*}G
20 - Appealing quality of a race cart designed for the number one returning (10) – A{TT}{RACT*}{ION<-} 21 - Chamber has a cross notch (4) - (Addendum - VEN{T} VEN from ventricle and T from crossing)
24 - Cloak cover on the good book in Spain (6) – CAP{OT}E
26 - Judgment for the southern teen confused many in north-east (8) - S{ENTE*}N{C}E
28 - Withdrawal of troops in private places (8) – RETREATS [2]
29 - American man has the right to trouble (6) – BO{THE}R
30 - Small section of a record is a poem (7) EP{IS}ODE
31 - Railway system in a large city (5) – METRO [2] Wonder if any of our metro's will look like the one shown at the link. The Bangalore Metro is creeping along and has only added to the traffic jams of Bangalore.
DOWN
 2 - People in to address after fifty reaching a common understanding (9) – {A}GREE{MEN}T
 3 - Saint has a muscle twitch in a fixed position (6) – ST{A}TIC
 5 - Lacking leadership, stable hand has enough space (4) – (-g)ROOM
 6 - Discharged four hundred in a river left to the French democrat (8) – EX{P}E{L}{LE}D
 7 - Small child has a small measure of the symbolic thing (5) – TOT{EM} The work on some of the Totem's which the Red Indians have is fascinating
 8 - Fixes the thin pieces of wood (6) – STICKS [2]
 9 - Attempting to cross the railway in Germany (6) – T{RY}IN{G}
12 - Gives consent to trip me anyway in space (7) – PERMITS*
15 - Heard of an entertainer on a cavalry horse (7) – {C}ROONER [Update - TROOPER (~trouper)]
18 - In charge of a number within each alternative device (3,6) - {IC}E A{N}CH{OR}
19 - Can a youngster have a bit of sandwich in snack-bars? (8) – CAN{TEEN}S
20 - Proper proportion of Honda’s sedan (6) - ACCURA [2] (Correction - ACCORD)
22 - Viewpoint of an article that Roy disclosed (6) – THE{ORY*}
23 - Stoker hits a blow! (6) – STROKE*
25 - Install a note in a young animal (3,2) - PU{T} UP
27 - Horse is on the way for all to see at the beginning of dawn (4) – ST{U}D