No 9566, Tuesday, 23 Jun 09, Gridman

A reasonably easy outing for me today, with no hiccups.
ACROSS
1 - In the South-East, a hospital room’s facing the ocean (8) - {SE}{A}{WARDS}
6 - Tides favourable for boating departures (4) - EBBS [CD]
9 - Got one’s eyes fixed? (6) - STARED [CD]
10 - Provided physician returns quietly, it might be in the creel (7) - {COD<-}{FI<-}{SH}
13 - Gives the word to the woman about big cats (9) - {ANN}{OUNCES}
14 - “Love Story” author Erich (5) - SEGAL [CD]
15 - Unmatchable defeat? (4) - BEST [DD]
16 - One who has things in store for you (10) - SHOPKEEPER [CD]
19 - Jams following collapse of board: these will hinder your progress (10) - {ROADB*}{LOCKS}
21 - Advance without resistance in measure for fast fliers (4) - MA(-r)CH
24 - Dull run for circus or zoo employee (5) - TAME{R}
25 - Dressed warmly (7,2) - BUNDLED UP [CD]
26 - Nothing to write and broadcast about type of mall (4-3) - {O}{PEN}-AIR
27 - Alien before boarding plane (6) - {E{MIG}RE}
28 - Insolent talk by small, stable figure? (4) - {S}{ASS}
29 - Becoming old, clergyman goes in for retaliation (8) - A{VEN}GING
DOWN
2 - Makes tense former wife to care for son (7) - {EX}{TEND}{S}
3 - Develop an alternative in a week for the State (4,2) - W{OR}K {UP}
4 - Chair, doc and I produce a variety of chicory (9) - RADICCHIO*
5 - Faith groups change tec in seconds (5) - S{ECT}S
7 - Put forward for discussion bird-identifier thrust on the State by bureaucrat’s head (5,2) - {B}{RING} UP
8 - Rich? So splash out with financial grants to students (12) - SCHOLARSHIPS*
11 - The woman goes through trash-talk for items of food (6) - DI{SHE}S
12 - Engine parts from crate burst or fell apart (12) - CARBURETTORS*
17 - Dog takes a leak skirting maharaja at the end of palace (9) - PE{KING}ES{E}
18 - Head away from wintry Russian area to European peninsula (6) - (-s)IBERIA
20 - Haphazard distribution of e-mails by premier secretary (7) - AIMLES*{S}
22 - Indra forged nothing new in firedog (7) - ANDIR*{O}{N}
23 - Female is mendacious about aviation (6) - {F}{LYING}
25 - Black Roman bear in Turkish city (5) - {B}{URSA}