No 10353, Thursday 05 Jan 12, Mover

Cryptonyte also gone Spiffy's way?
One square in the grid has not been shaded as such the 'Orkut app' is confused.
ACROSS

8   - Competent sailor the French follow (4) - ABLE {AB}{LE}

9   - Mad, mad appeals for a neck feature in men (5,5) - ADAMS APPLE*

10 - Quiet hen is a performer (6) - PLAYER {P}{LAYER}

11 - Hit and run in a negligent manner (8) - SLAPDASH {SLAP}{DASH}

12 - Mad pilot becomes an embassy official (8) - DIPLOMAT*

14 - Ace seems able to provide seed plant (6) - SESAME {A+SEEMS}*

16 - Gratuity does not begin producing responsibility (4) - ONUS bONUS

17 - Demonstrated how in directions (5) - SHOWN {S{HOW}N}

18 - Therefore District Attorney supplies pop (4) - SODA {SO}{DA}

19 - Longing to reside elsewhere (6) - DESIRE*

21 - Six in an unusual trance provide paper for safe passage (8) - NAVICERT {NA{VI}CERT*}

23 - The army officer and the queen get together for a kitchen implement? (8) - COLANDER {COL}{AND}{ER}

26 - Haggard woman with new hat and a figure-hugging dress? (6) - SHEATH {SHE}{HAT*}

27 - Plant about quake-hit China produces liturgical music (10) - PLAINCHANT {PLA{CHINA*}NT}

28 - Merit bridge player got following listener (4) - EARN {EAR}{N}

DOWN

1   - Exuberance shown by hundred nubile eel swimming (10) - EBULLIENCE {C+NUBILE+EEL}*

2   - Reuses money in terrible secrecy (8) - RECYCLES {RECYC{L}ES*}

3   - Male animal behind another climbing for seaside grass (6) - MARRAM {MAR<-}{RAM}

4   - Five hundred publicity spots for fathers (4) - DADS {D}{ADS}

5   - Two fools take in a hired killer (8) - ASSASSIN {ASS}{ASS}{IN}

6   - Passed shuffled cards (6) - SPADES*

7   - Charity giving Gangster manuscript? (4) - ALMS {AL}{MS}

13 - Prickly Icelandic character? (5) - THORN [DD]

15 - Go-betweens arrange trade among North Africans (10) - MODERATORS {MO{TRADE*}ORS}

17 - Quiet! The Spanish dodge a water bird (8) - SHELDUCK {SH}{EL}{DUCK}

18 - Concealed moment about Edward (8) - SECRETED {SEC}{RE}{TED}

20 - Small credit loss for critical broken typeface (6) - ITALIC crITICAL*

22 - Comes from central Kiev; is it safe? (6) - VISITS [T]

24 - Go back to the French and leer (4) - OGLE {OG<-}{LE}

25 - Genuine old coin (4) - REAL [DD]

GRID

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