No 9621, Thursday, 27 Aug 09, Nita Jaggi

ACROSS
1 - Dancers at last desire to be fashionable (5) - {S}{WISH}
4 - Rice tub is a mixture of the mineral (7) - BRUCITE*
10 - Strangely, spookily (6) - EERILY [DD]
11 - Alien is about to cut short the hairstyle (4,4) - {ET}{ON} CROP
13 - Exerting powers on governmental bureaus (8) - AGENCIES [DD]
14 - The German is around to somehow hit in an agitated state (6) - D{ITH*}ER
16 - Destiny of an overweight Asian (4) - FAT{E}
17 - What tax-payers show at the end of the year? (10) - STATEMENTS [E]
20 - Guffaw at the chessman and the French expressing an aversion (5,5) - HORSE {LA}{UGH}
21 - European boy is at the end of the bridge (4) - {DAN}{E}
24 - A doctor is fit to wander off course (6) - {A}{DR}{IFT*}
26 - This happens when it becomes second-hand (4,4) - GETS USED [CD]
28 - Inappropriate for one to remove money the other way round (8) - {UN}{TO}{WARD<-} )
29 - Bit of grass on the Niger damages the plant (6) - {G}{INGER*}
30 - A Hindu caste (7) - VAISHYA [E]
31 - Stone age outside the boundaries of the district (5) - AG{AT}E District and AT ?
DOWN
2 - Cathedral city has a different watercourse without a turn (9) - WORCESTER(-au)*
3 - Pick out his exclusive group of people (6) - SELECT [DD]
5 - List of names and duties for the Catholic tribunal (4) - ROTA [E]
6 - Truly admits to swindle companies (8) - {CON}{FIRMS}
7 - Mountain chief has a burning stick (5) - {TOR}{CH}
8 - In place of the second point of one of two equal parts (6) - {B}{E}{HALF}
9 - Extra things to pass around to the soldiers surrounded (6) - SPA{RE}S*
12 - Inhuman to live on the street for one in Albania (7) - {BE}{ST}{I}{AL}
15 - Uneven gait of an animal in half of Germany (7) - {STAG}{GER}
18 - Not being able to see far off unruly gatherings without the man (4,5) - NEAR SIGHT(-g)*
19 - Few opals are removed by birds (8) - PEAFOWLS*
20 - A gap in the house is covering initially all the units (6) - H{I{A}{T}{U}S}
22 - Go through the final part of the river (6) - {END}{URE}
23 - Requesting a southern ruler (6) - {A}{S}{KING}
25 - Anatomical networks touching the tribal regularly (5) - {RE}{T}{I}{A}
27 - Weight system in an ancient city (4) - TROY [DD]