No 10438, Monday 16 Apr 12, Sankalak

ACROSS

1   - Singular word to describe a group of things (10,4) - COLLECTIVE NOUN [E]

8   - Universal ideas developed for goodbyes (6) - ADIEUS {U+IDEAS}*

9   - I've replaced gold in front tooth, clear and sharp (8) - INCISIVE INCIS(-or+i've)IVE

11 - He gets the machine going in a sudden stoppage with hesitation (9) - INSTALLER {IN}{STALL}{ER}

12 - Hard, slippery creatures, despicable ones (5) - HEELS {H}{EELS}

13 - Building with half the need provided by observers, reportedly (7) - EDIFICE {neED}{IF}{ICE}(~eyes)

15 - Pests that almost bind you and me around the street (7) - LOCUSTS {LOCk}{U{ST}S}

17 - Fragrant stuff to enrage one (7) - INCENSE [DD]

19 - Resin found in ammunition with a trace of carbon (7) - SHELLAC {SHELL}{A}{C}

21 - Type of musical composition, not large, not involving royalty (5) - FUGAL FrUGAL Needed help on this

23 - Pack too much in six deliveries, gloat and start dancing (9) - OVERCROWD {OVER}{CROW}{D}

25 - Look after the most important article in container (8) - MAINTAIN {MAIN}{T{A}IN}

26 - Popular act, one after the other (2,4) - IN TURN {IN} {TURN}

27 - Common sailor's food additive? (6,8) - SODIUM CHLORIDE [DD]

DOWN

1   - A cup of tea, cut of lemon and something to cool it all (7) - CHALICE {CHA}{L}{ICE}

2   - Refuges with an atmosphere in the outskirts of Lourdes (5) - LAIRS {Lou{AIR}deS}

3   - Learning auctioned? Strange (9) - EDUCATION*

4   - Semi-proven art rejected, left on one side (7) - VENTRAL {proVEN}{TRA<-}{L}

5   - The sound of one with four legs or, beginning now, nearly eight! (5) - NEIGH {N}{EIGHt}

6   - Widespread in LAN, virus needs treatment with energy (9) - UNIVERSAL {LAN+VIRUS+E}*

7   - After a month, little sister gets a viral infection (6) - SEPSIS {SEP}{SISter}

10 - Depressed member of an Oxford team (4) - BLUE [DD]

14 - False identity — in Congo it is unusual (9) - INCOGNITO*

16 - Belief surrounds shortened scene in a climax (9) - CRESCENDO {CRE{SCENe}DO}

17 - Bad reputation of a modern household, without one pound! (6) - INFAMY {IN}{FAMilY}

18 - Self-importance — it goes crumbling with the onset of meekness (7) - EGOTISM {IT+GOES*}{M}

19 - Proceed legally on time and get fat (4) - SUET {SUE}{T}

20 - The rhythm of a strange dance in church (7) - CADENCE {DANCE*}{CE}

22 - Police use it still, a thing carried (5) - LATHI [T]

24 - Optician losing the way in Windows (5) - OCULI OCULIst

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