No 10056, Thursday 20 Jan 11, Nita Jaggi

Bowled, but not bowled over by 25A
ACROSS
4   - Left no trace of the vehicle mostly in the building (8) - {VAN}{In}{SHED}
8   - How to cover the headless doll completely? (6) - {H{dOLL}OW} Are 'hollow' and 'completely' synonymous?
9   - Shine on the Italian chimney cabinet set disappeared long ago (10) - {IL}LUMINATE Anno pending Addendum - {IL}{LUM}{INATEbc*) - See comments)
10 - Bold buddy regularly follows an ordeal with determination (4) - {sLOg}{U}{D}Not sure of anno
11 - Opt to drop an offspring, overheard (4) - CEDE(~seed)
13 - Barricade erected out for an ace dog (6) - BRIARDace*

15 - City on the Bay of Bengal has a religious school (7) - {MADRAS}{A}
17 - Spill oil behind the house for this Hindu festival (4) - {H}{OLI*}
18 - Sound of the puffed up blood line (4) - VEIN(~vain)
19 - Go-around over on this kind of fence (7) - {CYCL{ON}E} Never knew that chain-link fence was also known as cyclone fence

21 - Woman in Bali mostly has this kind of tea (6) - {HER}{BALi}
22 - Sultan's land has no worker (4) - {O}{MAN}

25 - Master ignores the journalist's accomplishment (4) -?E?T (Addendum - deFEAT - See comments)

26 - Writing material (10) - CHALKBOARD ? [CD] Material?

SEE THIS CARTOON

27 - Protected a Shiite leader out of a United Nations eatery in front (6) - INSUR{E} Anno beats me (Addendum - {IMaM}{UN}{E} - See comments)
28 - Run through touching the car in a procession (8) - RE{HEARSE} Where do we get RE from?
DOWN
1   - Hit the mammal (5) - WHALE [DD]
2   - Break up the park lake (6) - {P}{LOUGH}
3   - Credit card action at an electronic terminal (5) - SWIPE [CD]
4   - Treasure you left back inside the flower holder outside (5) - {VA{L)(U<-}sE} S for 'side' ?
5   - Mostly identify the same place one first arrives in the African state (7) - {NAMe}{IB}{I}{A} IB and 'same place'? See comments

6   - Difficult event is one to be organised later by a Somali leader (9) - {S}{ENSIT(I)VE*}
7   - Train teen characters to offer hospitality (9) - ENTERTAIN*
12 - Trader by now shows that you can bet on it (5) - DERBY [T]
14 - So she or he colours the lucky charm (9) - HORSESHOE*
15 - Star woman found the fruit (9) - {MIRA}{BELLE}

16 - Conference of males in an Indian city (5) - SALEM*
19 - Distinction of the bullet size (7) - CALIBER [DD]
20 - Examine one means of payment, overheard (6) - CHEQUE(~check) Definition in the centre. Homophone indicator misplaced !
22 - No wise fellow is in front of the Missouri river (5) - {O}{SAGE} Wise fellow is at the back here!!
23 - Thorough check of the German car by an extreme idealist (5) - {AUDI}{T} My COD (Clue Of the Day) with great reluctance
24 - Rather inclined to be pricey (5) - STEEP [DD]

GRID