No 9489, Wednesday, 25 Mar 09, Sankalak

Nothing much to talk about in today's CW, learnt a few new things though
ACROSS
1 - City life, transformed, is a cause for happiness (8) – FELICITY*
5 - Can he make a hostel a prison, though? (6) – WARDEN [2]
10 - Capital may bend accountant back (5) – AC<-CRA<-
11 - Have another go? Right, have a meal, make the mouth water (9) – R{EAT}TEMPT
12 - Appetising, like some hot, scooped out tomato preparation (9) - {T(-omat)O}{OTH*}SOME
13 - Phial containing a drop of remedy for a kind of disease (5) – VI{R}AL
14 - A curb, but in America it means money (5) – CHECK [2]
16 - What a prisoner observed is implied (8) – CON{NOTED}
18 - Employ a swimmer as a paid worker (8) – HIRE{LING}
20 - Technically, nostrils in a human are small (5) - NARES [T]
24 - Stand-in doctor, say (5) – LOCUM [CD]
25 - Hardy favourite, a great one with numbers (9) - RAMANUJAN [CD] See link for explanation of answer. Got stuck for sometime here as I was thinking of Thomas Hardy
27 - Army officer in drab rig? That is funny (9) – BRIGAD{IE}R*
28 - Musical chord echoing a tune in the borders of Trinidad (5) – T{RIA<-}D
29 - Girl in money that is used for processing leather (6) – T{ANN}IN Tannin is found in tea also
30 - Poisonous gas in the north — sheep go crazy (8) – PHOSGE{N}E* Infamous for its use as a Chemical Weapon during WW I
DOWN
1 - Desperate for Swiss money, accepts note (7) – FRAN{TI}C
2 - Salt, eco-treated, becomes sugar (7) – LACTOSE*
3 - First to celebrate, reckless: result, collapse of business (5) – C{RASH}
4 - Sluggishness shown by an actor portraying lethargy (6) – TORPOR [T]
6 - Remedy for snakebite developed in Vienna, leader in toxicology (9) – AN{T}IVENIN*
7 - Weary? Me included? Looking back, that is a minus point (7) – DE{ME}RIT<-
8 - Abstinent learner in want gets stung (7) – NE{TT}{L}ED
9 - King Arthur’s capital (7) – CAMELOT [CD]
15 - Fabric painting technique developed by a Karaikal man originally (9) – KALA{M}KARI* Got it staright away from the many sarees that my wife has
17 - Robot puts DRDO in a fix (7) – ANDROID* Didn't know that this word had Greek origins
18 - Fish that is almost an excuse in humble dwelling (7) – H{ALIB(-i)}UT
19 - Removal of first four in teaching causes uproar (7) – (-inst)RUCTION
21 - Express happiness about author of Ulysses, say (7) - {RE}JOICE (~joyce from James Joyce)
22 - How is a legislature adjourned usually? (4,3) – SINE DIE [CD]
23 - Station Master, Indian Railways, with honour — or a stain? (6) – SM{IR}CH
26 - Money for components in music (5) – NOTES [2]