No 9551, Friday, 05 Jun 09, Sankalak

Nothing much to comment on today.
ACROSS
1 - Admirers of star provoke company (3,4) - FAN CLUB [CD]
5 - Is it a bold sort of newspaper? (7) - TABLOID*
9 - A case of lapses producing mirth inspired by the bard’s work (1,6,2,6) - A COMEDY OF ERRORS [CD]
10 - Doing some gardening with shoe in good shape here (6) - HOEING [T]
11 - But it does not yield a citrus (4-4) - LIME TREE [CD]
13 - Having sharp teeth, indulged to the full, swallowing berry with ends removed (8) - S{(-b)ERR(-y)}ATED
15 - Such a fingerprint may be hidden (6) - LATENT [DD]
18 - Greek character in front of gallery is to undergo change (6) - {MU}TATE
19 - Thrash male bats in flight (8) - LAMBASTE*
22 - Old actor Tracy’s vests (8) - SPENCERS [DD]
24 - Good man out of bed, or in a daze (6) - {ST}{UP}{OR}
27 - A medical specialist is considering tool modification (15) - ENDOCRINOLOGIST*
28 - Offensive tune about Doordarshan, India (7) - SO{DDI}NG
29 - Poison that figured with old lace in 1944 film (7) - ARSENIC [DD]
DOWN
1 - Sudden blazes as occur when subjects are snapped (7) - FLASHES [DD]
2 - Not any pronoun can include another ‘o’ (2,3) - NO {O}NE
3 - Be untruthful at home, hold back and set an ambush (3,2,4) - LIE IN WAIT [CD]
4 - Young lads who will be what they are, as the saying goes (4) - BOYS [CD]
5 - Light meal causing fit of bad temper at home (6) - {TIFF}{IN}
6 - Tiresome person collaring knight is tolerated (5) - BOR{N}E
7 - You don’t get a whiff off such a gas (9) - ODOURLESS [CD]
8 - Going down with the French with little money (7) - DES{CENT}
12, 17 - A corresponding friend! (3,3) - PEN PAL [CD] With the advent of compuers and e-mail do we still have the pen-pal community? Any thoughts ?
14 - Such a tyre is given a new lease of life (9) - RETREADED [CD]
16 - What Brutus called Caesar (9) - AMBITIOUS [CD] I must say I am really poor at literary works and old classics, I initially entered Albatross here, must be due to my renewed golfing activity !!!
17 See 12
18 - Mothers disturb rest of teachers (7) - {MAS}TERS*
20 - Directionless boy confines deserter (7) - ER{RAT}IC
21 - Making an effort to be tiresome (6) - TRYING [DD]
23 - Spiny plants seen in some scenic active locales (5) - CACTI [T]
25 - Protein particle causing diseases found in jail, not small (5) - PRI(-s)ON New word for me
26 - Two notes for an upholstered seat (4) - {SO}{FA}