No 9612, Saturday, 15 Aug 09, Sankalak

INDEPENDENCE DAY GREETINGS TO ALL
ACROSS
 1 - Archer’s “propeller” (9) - BOWSTRING [CD]
 5 - Look for something in a secluded elver colony (5) - DELVE [T]
 8 - Unearth wrongdoing in a tried out environment (8) - DI{SIN}TER
 9 - An air force man to encourage movement to the pinnacle (6) - {A}PO{GEE} Air Force man and PO ?
11 - One side of paper showing poetry, substituting love for the east (5) - VERS(-e+o)O
12 - Roca happy about a part of the Old Testament (9) - APOCRYPHA*
13 - General consuming chewy stuff in plant… (6) - LE{GUM}E
14 - … criticized for duping me unusually (8) - IMPUGNED*
16 - Resounding tirade smothers English boy (8) - R{E}{SON}ANT
18 - Spoilt pet, no end sick, is infected (6) - S{EPT*}IC(-k)
22 - Tool for keeping the garden in good trim (9) - LAWNMOWER [E]
23 - What divides Britain and America? (5) - OCEAN [E]
24 - Get your bearings where the sun rises (6) - ORIENT [DD]
25 - Part of building which makes the appearance show signs of getting old (8) - {FRONT}{AGE}
26 - Bone in the leg, a part in incidental use (5) - TALUS [T]
27 - A fish in the basket, gone rotten (6,3) - C{ONGE*}R EEL
DOWN
 1 - Engineer lived, in retrospect, to cause trouble (7) - {BE}{DEVIL<-} )
 2 - Face cloth that was hard — worn, torn material (7) - {WAS}{H}{RAG}
 3 - Divine rules for a good life (3,12) - TEN COMMANDMENTS [E]
 4 - Viewers, say, improve on what may be seen on the Everest (6) - {~eyes){ICE}{CAP}
 5 - Where one may relax before flying (9,6) - DEPARTURE LOUNGE [E]
 6 - A delivery to make a member turn round (3,4) - LEG SPIN [CD]
 7 - Precious thing that a master-dealer destroyed (7) - E{M}ERALD*
10 - The doctrine to plague mother (5) - {DOG}{MA}
15 - Widely recognised at present in the outskirts of Kumaon (5) - K{NOW}(-umao)N
16 - What one might do to the red carpet (4,3) - ROLL OUT [CD]
17 - Timber cutting unit that witnessed millions halved (7) - {SAW}{MILL}(-ions)
19 - Time of life when an agent wanders around borders of Europe (7) - T{E(-urop)E}NAGE*
20 - Freeze a party briefly supported by every acclaimed loyalist initially (7) - CONG{E}{A}{L}
21 - Practice for a thirsty trip (3,3) - DRY RUN [CD]