No 9711, Friday 11 Dec 09, Nita Jaggi

13A has stumped me
ACROSS
4 - Care to chew the piece having an unknown sour taste (8) - {ACER*}{BIT}{Y}
8 - Fruitful story without page (6) - (-p){ARABLE}
9 - Cover the label with the French fabric (10) - {TAB}{LE}{CLOTH} NJ has finally got 'the' French right
10 - Pass over one ring (4) - CO{I}L
11 - Dress queen with honour (4) - {R}{OBE}
13 - Pick up the redhead beetle (6) - E?A?E? (Addendum - {ELATE}{R} - Thanks to Richard)
15 - Dishonest cop keeps the car for all to see in a short time (7) - {CO{RR}{U}P}{T}
17 - Every second feel a rare anxiety (4) - {F}{E}{A}{R}
18 - Not even one sister we hear (4) - NONE (~nun)
19 - Cautioning about the struggle in the backward region at last in Germany (7) - {WAR}{NI<-}{N}{G}
21 - Associate is the first to come in an unusual sale in the region (6) - {A}{LSA{C}E*}
22 - Bone garland (4) - MALA ?
25 - Nonsense to initially speak harshly (4) - {TO}{S}{H}
26 - In court, falls heavily outside in an inverted manner (6,4) - UPSIDE DOWN Anno pending
27 - Intelligent to regularly call the first lady in the Russian capital (6) - {C}{L}{EVE}{R}
28 - Messy gardens hide the low grade shells (8) - GR{E}NADES* Poor definition

DOWN
1 - Absurd situation in a comic play (5) - FARCE [DD]
2 - Number of children that one has in the group (6) - FAMILY [CD]
3 - Subway in a large city (5) - METRO [DD]
4 - Can cover an initial mile of the leisurely walk (5) - A{M}BLE
5 - Separate part of an environment (7) - ELEMENT [CD]
6 - Gibbon, playing around everybody in the small lake (9) - BI{LLA<-}BONG*
7 - Binding note on an object protecting the royal badge (9) - {TE}{TH{ER}ING}
12 - Rumba dance from the mountainous country (5) - BURMA*
14 - Builder has the date on the container without the name in writing (9) - {D}{E(-n)VELOPER}
15 - A burning of the king’s mate somehow is endlessly being broadcast (9) - CR{EMAT*}{I(-s)}{ON} Anno for CR not clear
16 - Stop at last and initially act on the animal (5) - {P}{AND}{A}

19 - It may be spent in a quiet manner by many office-goers (7) - WEEKEND [CD]
20 - Develop part of a revolver (6) - EVOLVE [T]
22 - Renovated the rooms on the open areas (5) - MOORS*
23 - Clan is repairing the layer on the pole (5) - LANC*{E}
24 - Hand in the main part of the job (5) - C{H}ORE


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