No 9491, Friday, 27 Mar 09, Neyartha

Hi everyone, the delay was on account of the train journey and some bank work. Bought the paper at Erode and finished it before reaching CBE obviously without computer aid.
ACROSS
1 - One in this probably does business with any 12 Dn (7,6) - SELLERS MARKET [CD]
9 - Perfume product made from gold and tallow for the listener (9) - AMBER{GRIS} (~grease)
10 - Cuban steps to get electric current discharge from barium compound (5) - RUMBA* (barium - i)
11 - Vietnamese premier overwhelmed by railway termini in Cuban city-state (7) - HA(-v){RY}ANA
13 - Operator’s cut for fake tip (4-3) - RAKE OFF*
14 - Put down cheap wine (5) - PLONK [2]
15 - Kulcha cooked on a skillet initially in 11 Ac (9) - PAN{CHKULA}*
17 - Article pocketed by doctor on-screen reveals rapport (9) - RESON{A}NCE*
18 - No accounting for this when it is a matter of preference (5) - TASTE [2]
20 - Counterstrike, after swallowing awful pain, in 11 Ac (7) - PA{NIPA*}T
22 - Ravi almost gets caught in the shadow at the dig (7) - T{RAV(-i)}AIL
23 - Reportedly take legal action against the woman serving cold rice dish (5) - SU(~sue)SHI(~she)
24 - No good disciple can wear the Spanish underclothes (4,5) - LO{NG} JOHN{S}
26 - Examples of laxity that the Titanic exudes at sea (13) - INEXACTITUDES*
DOWN
1 - Tennis shot in court results in damage (5,2) - SMASH UP [CD]
2 - Difficult to design biro in a university in Asian country (9) - LA{BORI*}O{U}S
3 - It may be boxed as a punishment (3) - EAR [CD]
4 - Shastri announces the featured band (5) - STRIA [T]
5 - Pledge of confidence (9) - ASSURANCE [2]
6 - Epic discourse site in 11 Ac (11) - KURUKSHETRA [CD]
7 - Encountered westbound river on the beat (5) - TEM<-PO
8 - Curious affair of the palm tree (6) - RAFFIA*
12 - 1 Ac may imply that this is unlikely to go down (6,5) - ASKING PRICE [CD]
15 - Cigar made using sodium found in a bone (9) - PA{NA}TELLA
16 - Bleeding staunched without a scratch (9) - UNSCATHED*
17 - Phosphorus replaces carbon in modified meal (6) - REPAST (recast -c +p)
19 - Secures bow lost by crafty larcenists (7) - ENLISTS(-arc)*
21 - Turn in oddly missed ascetic to the second generation American (5) - NI<-SEI (ascetic -actc)
22 - Corporate network concealed from view (5) - TENET [T]
25 - Ethnic group seen around U.P. landmark (3) - JAT<-