No 9503, Friday, 10 Apr 09, Gridman

All done took some time to get 27A.
ACROSS
1 - A target of the bowler that the cricketer has to defend (6, 5) - MIDDLE STUMP [CD]
9 - Right to end our dissipating circle (7) - {R}ONDURE*
10 - Close to the ace behind is Oriental (7) - {E}{ASTERN}
11 - A once-rolling sea (5) - OCEAN*
12 - 11 coming round to achieve yet another time (4, 5) - {ONCE A*}{GAIN}
13 - Antelope heads for old region in Bargur interior (5) - {O}{R}{I}{B}{I}
15 - Aeroplane Pop or Burt flies (9) - TURBOPROP* Like the old AVRO aircraft whihc Indian Airlines used to have for a long time.
18 - What new rulers of a country will want people to forget (3, 6) - OLD REGIME [CD]
21 - Embarrassed to follow heads of Emergency Room, having got it wrong (5) - {ER}{RED}
22 - Hunt for fourth shelf in Erode, maybe (5, 4) - T{RACK} {D}OWN
24 - Force politician to wear garland the wrong way round (5) - I{MP}EL<- 26 - Tossed, moreover, in one bed that’s crumpled (7) - B{AND}{I}ED
27 - Eccentric fellow without a sound of disapproval for a kind of syllogism (7) - BO{CARD}O
28 - Watchful until slaver is set free (11) - SURVEILLANT*
DOWN
1 - Spoil firm game of explorer (5, 4) - {MAR}{CO} POLO
2 - Ball can be rolling within the limits of Davangere (5) - D{ANC*}E
3 - As heard when the firecracker is burst (4, 5) - LOUD NOISE [CD]
4 - Search for outspoken Punjabi gone abroad (4, 3) - (~sikh) {SEEK} {OUT}
5 - It may still be on the road even as one tries to sell it off (4, 3) - USED CAR [CD]
6 - Cake line is out! Get a different dish! (5) - PAST(-ry){A}
7 - One who mends things by uniting couples again? (8) - {RE}{PAIRER}
8 - Churchmen should give up their extreme positions soon (4) - (-c)ANON(-s)
14 - Writing fluid for Bharatvasi, one in thousand (5, 3) - INDIA {I}N{K}
16 - Like a printing character, starting off with an honour and raking up lots of money finally (9) - {OBE}{LI}{SCAL<-} Origin of LI eludes me 17 - One may foot it in a ride on a lake, perhaps (5, 4) - PEDAL BOAT [CD]
19 - Ready — being part of what the waiter took? (2, 5) - IN ORDER [CD]
20 - Confer a subject with a title, perhaps (7) - ENNOBLE [CD]
22 - Meet up with brass band player (4) - TUBA<- 23 - King, with fools, works with some yarns (5) - {K}{NITS}
25 - Windcheater for father going around a boat (5) - P{ARK}A