No 2539, Sunday, 28 Jun 09

Tough one today, needed a bit of googling. We are back with the original series of numbers for the Sunday CW
ACROSS
1 - The lines in old, old play (7) - O{THE}{LL}O
5 - Cricket stroke preceding snick (4,3) - LATE CUT [CD]
9 - Book a room with Mark on entering bay? (1,5,2,7) - A {STUDY} {IN {SCAR}LET} Got this from the crossings, never would have otherwise
10 - Key cricketer receiving the first ball? (6) - OPENER [DD]
11 - Contemptuous of runs arranged crossing cold lake (8) - S{C}ORNFU*{L}
13 - Opened soul, surprisingly, and became less tense (8,2) - LOOSENED UP*
14 - Attempt to pocket ring in ancient city (4) - TR{O}Y
16 - Greek character in Cypriot airport (4) - IOTA
17 - Commonplace on foot (10) - PEDESTRIAN [DD]
20 - Musician sang - live broadcast (8) - SVENGALI* Got this anagram from the crossings and later confirmed with a google search
21 - Credit given to Egyptian goddess in time of distress (6) - {CR}{ISIS}
23 - A version rancher put out in former county (15) - CAERNARVONSHIRE* Though it was a clear anagram, had to google search the answer.
24 - Fully satisfy French composer, bringing in a tenor (7) - SATI{A}{T}E
25 - Speculate about dope that’s spicy (7) - PUN{GEN}T
DOWN
1 - Enjoying continuing success, soldiers invading plain following an uprising (2,1,4) - ON A {RO<-}LL<- )
2 - Say something unfair, we tell the hobbit, deviously (3,5,3,4) - HIT BELOW THE BELT*
3 - Guided around snake, then ran (8) - L{ADDER}ED
4 - Leave out stuffing from Italy (4) - OMIT [T]
5 - Outclasses working people who can’t succeed (4,6) - LOST CAUSES* Is this definition correct? People who can't succeed should have been lost cases.
6 - Odd nature of samovar (3,3) - TEA URN*
7 - Play in Ipswich suburb to please English (10,5) - CALIFORNIA {SUIT}{E} Had to google for the suburb
8 - To match completely (7) - TO{TALLY}
12 - Actor in rep, ET role possibly about right (5,5) - PETER LOR{R}E*
15 - Berates boy pinching flans (6,2) - S{TARTS} ON
16 - Ants, say, in groups (7) - IN{SECTS}
18 - Starting to grow in North America, with fragrance (7) - {NA}SCENT
19 - List information collected by a US prosecutor (6) - A{GEN}{DA}
22 - Ring round during dance (4) - H{O}OP