Special, Sunday 07 Sep 2014, Elmith

NOTE
Sunday specials will remain suspended from 14 Sep 2014 onwards, in view of IXL-2014, and will resume on 23 Nov 2014.

Three answers per commenter as usual (with annotations) till 6 PM.

ACROSS
1   Deride the French after mildly bad situation? (6)
4   Computer course: Excel (6)
9   Post endless analysis (4)
10 Jerry Hall is against cannabis (10)
11 Agree to admit Germany, but not Portugal (6)
12 A bit of research I've directed locked away (8)
13 Blasted wall breach! Retaining lawyer, getting new entrance (9)
15 To fit this top, it takes two (4)
16 Sprite shot over ice? (4)
17 Go down swinging? (6,3)
21 Considered any deals corrupt (8)
22 Pretense in note about Germany and England (6)
24 Milton's blameless and never proud by mistake (10)
25 Kill appeal at hearing (4)
26 Regularly, First Lady almost loses listener (6)
27 Eliminates fiddle recitals without it (6)

DOWN
1   Tom returns parting greetings from company town? (7)
2   Force dog about (5)
3   Like milk? Show true gulping (7)
5   Religious term for musicians with case of carnality (6)
6   Depression - in awful rut - due to immorality (9)
7   German cheers about the heartless demonstration (7)
8   Rambling amid heatwaves created dust on the road (9,4)
14 Revealing about the heart? (9)
16 Remorse shown in final letter from pirate town (7)
18 Popular revolutionary, informally, is skeptic (7)
19 Slip off ship under...under disguise (7)
20 Plane serving spirits (6)
23 No end to hogwash about work - it fuels stock? (5)

Across Lite version can be accessed at ELMITH 2

Enjoy.

Special, Sunday 29 Jun 2014, Elmith

Welcome to our new setter Elmith.
Since this is just a 13 x 13, only TWO answers with annotations per commenter till 6 PM

ACROSS
7   Faith is having them around (6)
8   Write back and cut out relative (6)
9   Aid measure in Himachal Pradesh (4)
10 Supplies quiet time, after quiet time taken away roughly (8)
11 Eastern chieftain held ultimate ancient weapon (7)
13 Reportedly follows stories (5)
15 Attacks even armadillos (5)
17 Are you briefly sappy, silly around this ancient manuscript? (7)
20 Flower I strew about Outer India (8)
21 Traditional dance of Punjabi hunters (4)
22 Refuge of uneasy luminaries (6)
23 Delinquent sounds like real worker! (6)

DOWN
1   Catch at straws? (6)
2   Loose hitch (4)
3   Turns up and emits energy (7)
4   Flower business loses bid (5)
5   Insightful religious festival? (8)
6   Union measure (6)
12 Revealing direct account (8)
14 Greeting meant bending, holding a heart of obeisance (7)
16 Take him in as a harmless principle? (6)
18 Let go of international worker (6)
19 Prince turned back after first committing offense (5)
21 Navy base (4)

Acrosslite version can be accessed at the following link ELMITH 1

Enjoy.