No 9599, Friday, 31 Jul 09, Gridman

ACROSS
1 - Give satisfaction to one Pole, somewhat glued (7) - {I}{N}{DULGE*}
5 - Rot not in fringe of Salem but in heart of Sagar shelter (6) - REFU(-s+g)GE
9 - Small learner in fine building (5) - E{L}FIN*
10 - Pest gives near-pain to two businesses around the limits of Karur (9) - {CO}{C{KR}O}{ACH(-e)}
11 - Become nervous as a group comes to eat and drink without notice at last (5,2) - {TEN}{S{E} UP}
12 - Refuse to back down on support to university president (5,2) - STAND {U}{P}
13 - Deal with a goodie (5) - TREAT [DD]
14 - Former President presented with half of Chola king’s painting… (9) - {KALAM}{KARI(-kala)}
16 - …a representation of harbour —vision by a learner (9) - {PORT}{RAY}{A}{L}
19 - Good man in goon’s first con game… (5) - {ST}{ING}
21 - …Disconcerted by noisy toy on 1st of December (7) - {RATTLE}{D}
23 - Where Plato taught (7) - ACADEME [E]
24 - Any data I’m gathering is for Nala’s wife (9) - DAMAYANTI*
25 - Useless to get in a runaway pet (5) - IN{EPT*}
26 - Nervous like the head of Ministry in Salem (2,4) - ON EDGE Annotation pending
27 - Superintendent of Police’s view on shiny adornment (7) - {SP}{ANGLE}
DOWN
1 - One gets party detained nervously in a police lineup (8,6) - IDENTITY PARADE
2 - A football side in the South Block? (7) - DEFENCE [DD]
3 - Being kind, allow ill-looking nine to go in (7) - LE{NIEN*}T
4 - What is important to a person behind bars looking for way out (6,3) - ESCAPE KEY [E]
5 - In Mamallapuram these are cut into artistic forms (5) - ROCKS [E]
6 - Part of body where a number is said to gird up (7) - (~four){FORE}{ARM}
7 - Relative is a majestic scholar (7) - {GRAND}{MA}
8 - Son jumping with coin: On to where he may buy something (8,6) - {S}{HOPPING} {CENT}{RE}
15 - Do they put to rest children who cry their head off? (9) - {LULL}{(-b)ABIES}
17 - He is to schedule fellow (7) - {ROTA}{MAN}
18 - Passed on by non-professional in a rush (7) - RE{LAY}ED
19 - Staying power of mast broken by old soldiers (7) - {STAM*}{INA}
20 - Cold and unemotional person? Beg Eric to change ways! (7) - ICEBERG*
22 - Finished going through Nagaland’s leading poet (5) - DO{N}NE