No 9643, Tuesday, 22 Sep 09, Sankalak

ACROSS
 1 - Accommodation for high level people? (9) - PENTHOUSE [E]
 5 - Secretion that can be reversed in total (5) - S{EB<-}UM  
8 - But he might also break one! (8) - LAWMAKER [CD]  
9 - Playing TT, Somu is the greatest (6) - UTMOST*
11 - Farmland that Rajaji frequently went after (5) - {CR}OFT
12 - Notorious Boston killer had a change of heart but he was a laggard (9) - STRA(-n+g)GGLER No indication of what heart is changed with
13 - For a number, wrong-doing is back as a game (6) - TEN{NIS<-} )
14 - Mixed trades, so diversified (8) - ASSORTED*
16 - CIA’s name spoilt by one with poor memory (8) - AMNESIAC*
18 - A bit of music, let it remain unchanged, including extended play (6) - S{EP}TET
22 - Bond movie that put a playboy in a satellite? Right (9) - MOON{RAKE}{R}
23 - A good way to find an evergreen (5) - {A}{G}AVE
24 - Stockings for Poles only? Funny (6) - N{YLON*}S
25 - Small joint, three feet in length, that turns out big floaters (8) - {S}{HIP}YARD
26 - Social subdivision in a stronghold loses fifty (5) - CAST(-l)E
27 - What position does the horoscope show? (9) - PLANETARY [E]
DOWN
 1 - Creature with a place to develop (7) - POLECAT*
 2 - Just arrived! (7) - NEWBORN [E]
 3 - A cover but it is no guarantee against illness (6,9) - HEALTH INSURANCE
4 - The Bard’s view on the state of a crowned head (6) - UNEASY [CD]
 5 - Be a role model (3,1,4,7) - SET A GOOD EXAMPLE [E]
 6 - A little something to read? (7) - BOOKLET [E]
 7 - Measured and recorded as 100 cm in America by journalist (7) - METER{ED}
10 - An alloy used in wind instruments (5) - BRASS [DD]
15 - Nails which, with 10, give the essential details (5) - TACKS
16 - Annual publication that a casual man actually carries (7) - ALMANAC [T]
17 - Pasta preparation, new, lots of it (7) - {N}OODLES
19 - Creature in New Zealand with a strange aura that lacks hydrogen (7) - TUATARA(-h)*
20 - It is the third of seven in the calendar (7) - TUESDAY [E]
21 - German composer finally altered by Creator (6) - BRAHMA(-s+a)

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