No 9524, Tuesday, 05 May 09, Nita Jaggi

Ask no questions and you'll be told no lies about todays CW and answers!!!! A poor effort at many places
ACROSS
1 - Encourage to return the footnote with hesitation (4) - SP<-{UR} Normally it is ER
9 - Almost locate exactly the company folios at home, creating a problem leading to complete failure (4,2,3,6) - NAIL IN(-g) THE {CO}{FF}{IN}
10 - Monk left after midnight that year (4) - {L}{AM}A
11 - Go oil the chipped snow house (5) - IGLOO*
12 - Shape of the full moon in Virginia is to the left (4) - {O}{VA}{L}
13 - Become one to oddly meet rogues (5) - {M}{E}{R}{G}{E}
14 - Crusade vigorously for the secondhand vehicle (4,3) - USED CAR*
16 - Agree to swindle Sen at the start of the tunnel (7) - {CON}{SEN}{T}
18 - Store the body part (5) - CHEST [CD]
22 - Run away from the rifle easily (4) - FLEE [T]
23 - Queen is around the King emperor in an ancient city (5) - M{ER}AB ?
24 - An expression of grief (4) - ALAS [CD]
25 - The work of an independent professional? (7,8) - PRIVATE PRACTICE [CD]
26 - Document from the French journalist (4) - {DE}{ED} DE is of in French and not the as far as I remember from my French classes in school
DOWN
2 - Help to cover the sick from aggression (7) - P{ILL}AGE
3 - Exhausted, but still going for the field event on to measure a point at the end of July (7,2,5) - {RUNNING} ON {EM}{PT}{Y} Running is a track event
4 - Sound incentive offered for a weight (5) - CARAT (~carrot)
5 - Young boy champion is almost ill in the beginning of December (5) - {CH}{IL(-l)}{D}
6 - Before robots crashed around affecting all the classes (6,3,5) - ACROSS THE BOARD*
7 - Can buy a very strong ring on the road (6) - {A}{FF}{O}{RD}
8 - Take up hundred approximately to notice back the oriental insects (7) - CI{-r}CA{DA<-}{E}
15 - Cooking chicken in the metal pot (7) - BOILERS Have heard of Broiler chicken but boilers....
17 - Turning aside suddenly, a woman is taken in by the wrong verse (6) - S{W}ERVE*
19 - The largest city in Washington (7) - SEATTLE [CD]
20 - Under the hidden coverings? (5) - WRAPS [CD]
21 - Dry, endless part on the church (5) - {PAR(-t)}{CH}