No 9923, Tuesday 17 Aug 10, Sankalak

ACROSS
1   - Plan of work for a day e.g. followed by board (9) - {TIME}{TABLE}
5   - Legendary Greek in French location (5) - PARIS [DD]
8   - Pole, possibly? No, a pure English sort (8) - {E}{UROPEAN*}
9   - Disc, raw, large, shows poor writing (6) - SCRAWL [T]

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11 - High place for old singer Richard (5) - CLIFF [DD]



12 - Once, odd clues about drip were limited to a group (9) - {EX}{CLUS{IV}E*}
13 - Crude eastern painting by heartless Henry (6) - {E}{ART}{HenrY}
14 - Material for building containing a small window (8) - {C{A}{S}EMENT}

16 - He gives information about Indian Railway's paper (8) - {APP{RIS*}ER*}
18 - Support for a speaker (6) - PODIUM [E]
22 - Final outcome may finish off Ulster reform (3,6) - {END} {RESULT*}
23 - Fabric that West found in cash box (5) - {T{W}ILL}

24 - Tray for ointment beginning to rust (6) - {SALVE}{R}
25 - Grounds for celebration (8) - OCCASION [E]
26 - Offshoot in blooming season, nameless (5) - SPRInG
27 - Skilled fighter, singular male masking expressions (9) - {S}{WORDS}{MAN}
DOWN
1   - In theatre a clearly syrupy stuff (7) - TREACLE [T]
2   - More cheerful (7) - MERRIER [CD]
3   - There is lots more to it than meets the eye in the main (3,2,3,7) - TIP OF THE ICEBERG [CD]

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4   - Dangerous delivery (6) - BEAMER [CD]
5   - Tropics captured somehow in pretty communication sent home by traveller perhaps (7,8) - PICTURE POSTCARD*

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6   - Understand that lies are wrong (7) - REALISE*
7   - Outstanding tale accepted by holy one in India (7) - {SA{LIE}NT}
10 - Get lost with run in swindle (5) - {SC{R}AM}
15 - Conveyed by the underground, up for a first appearance (5) - DEBUT <-
16 - For a month, little sister gets freedom from germs (7) - {A}{SEP}{SIS}
17 - Travelling salesman? (7) - PEDDLER [CD]
19 - A very hard element (7) - IRIDIUM [E]
20 - It gives colour to one's skin (7) - MELANIN [E]
21 - Officer with wounds returns for plaster (6) - {STUC}{CO}<-

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