No 9961, Thursday 30 Sep 10, Nita Jaggi

No pictures and links today as I have to leave early to attend the 230th year celebrations ceremonial parade of the Madras Sappers.
ACROSS
2   - Win over the damsels finally in a deuce battle (6) - {S}{EDUCE*}
7   - Girl and you are in this city (4) - {}{U} (Addendum {G}IF{U} - See comments)
9   - Race track has an opening for Batman after Michael (4) - {O}{VAL}
10 - Hit my mom's gray pet monkey (5,8) - PYGMY MARMOSET*
12 - Retirement money (7) - PENSION [CD]
13 - Flier's charge put on board (7) - AIRFARE [CD]
15 - African country has limited small leading industries (4) - {sMALl}{I}
17 - Mess up this and that around the campus initially (5) - {BOT{C}H}
18 - Soundly pull in what's left (4) - R??? (Addendum - REST (~wrest) See comments)
19 - One toad is disturbed by an insect (7) - ODONATE*
21 - Water source I regularly conceal in the pudding ingredient (7) - {TAP}{I}{O}{C}{A}
23 - Documents may require this to be official in nature (13) - CERTIFICATION [CD]
27 - Cut off the play place for men only (4) - STAGe
28 - Checks out a point very well (4) - {E}{YES}
29 - Girl will first learn to ride out in an aircraft (6) - {G}{L}{IDER*}
DOWN
1   - Honest small little devil of the French (6) - {S}{IMP}{LE}
2   - Note the second guest doing mischief regardless of the Democratic leader (10) - {S}{UGGESTIONd*}
3   - This may be imposed on imported goods (4) - DUTY [CD]
4   - Baby bear film in this country (4) - {CUB}{A}
5   - Plays with kids' stuff (4) - TOYS [DD]
6   - Picks up the coat in an adventure site (8) - ?A?T?R?? (Addendum - {C}{APTURES*} See comments)
8   - Broke one limb of an Indian plant (5) - {BIML*}{I}
11 - Girl inside has some kind of plant sugar (7) - {M{ANN}OSE*}
13 - Monk in charge follows to rebuild the caste (7) - {ASCET*}{IC}
14 - The garden helper (10) - FERTILISER [CD]
16 - Sailor will heartlessly order to quit (8) - {AB}{DICtATE}
20 - Not thin (5) - THICK [CD]
22 - Pass on the snooker sign in English in the capital of Yugoslavia (6) - {CON}{V}{E}{Y}
24 - Encouraged a bit of an angry display (4) - RAGE [T]
25 - Favourite line of God is set back outside (4) - {IDO<-}{L} ?
26 - Dry air is flowing at the tip of the desert (4) - {ARI*}{D}

GRID

No 9960, Wednesday 29 Sep 10, Sankalak

The guessing games begin from tomorrow!!
ACROSS
1   - It maintains temperature in a storm that rages around the east (10) - {TH{E}RMOSTAT*}
7   - Old place in the South-east, no doubt about it (4) - {S{UR}E}
9   - A crane collapsing is difficult to understand (6) - ARCANE*
10 - Look back in exotic Venice and see use of force (8) - {VI{OL}ENCE*}
11 - It tells you how far you have gone (8) - ODOMETER [E]

12 - Leaving out hint of rhetoric in a passage from the book (6) - EXCErPT
13 - Break in a ritual covering telepathy (7) - {R{ESP}ITE}
16 - Would a goat ail, however, from this pain? (7) - OTALGIA*
17 - Kind of writing as may be left by a spinner? (7) - SPIDERY [CD]
19 - Show disrespect for admirer beginning to exasperate (7) - {PRO}{FAN}{E}
22 - Greeting one with a sausage (6) - {SALAM}{I}

23 - Needy policeman figuring in an order (8) - {IND{IG}ENT}
26 - Suspicion about a girl's property arrangement (8) - {DI'S}{TRUST}
27 - One of those preferred by gentlemen? (6) - BLONDE [CD] Gentlemen don't prefer Brunettes ?

28 - Old author revealed in a spring evening (4) - INGE [T]
29 - She saw what happened! (10) - EYEWITNESS [E] Sankalak for one has used 'she' instead of the regular 'he'
DOWN
2   - Such help needs to be paid for (5) - HIRED [CD]
3   - A pro mad about a travellers' guide (4,3) - ROAD-MAP*
4   - Love, green, is not hidden (5) - {O}{VERT}
5   - Make a statement in a southern state about a public house (6) - {T{AVER}N}
6   - Vehicle built by a swotter with energy (3-6) - {TWO-S{E}ATER*}
7   - Design for a kind of gun insurers rejected (7) - {STEN}{CIL<-}
8   - Welcome do (9) - RECEPTION [CD]
14 - Atonement by former detective followed by performance without a trace of conscience (9) - {EX}{PI}{AcTION}
15 - True pundit, nameless, troubled by depravity (9) - TURPITUDEn*
18 - One conscripted, a floater in a river (7) - {D{RAFT}EE}
20 - It provides a warning to ships in low visibility (7) - FOGHORN [E]
21 - What necessity may be turned into (6) - VIRTUE [CD]
24 - State what sounds like an entreaty to shoppers (5) - DUBAI (~do buy)

25 - Lumps formed by electrodes with top removed (5) - aNODES

GRID

No 9959, Tuesday 28 Sep 10, Sankalak

ACROSS
1   - In company, male, very emotional, is inclined to pity (13) - {CO}{M}{PASSIONATE}
10 - Sweet smell of a grain in the land of perfumes (9) - {FR{A}{GR}ANCE}
11 - Seductive women against accepting current measure (5) - {V}{AMPS}
12 - Flier lacking top growth in America? (5) - EAGLE [CD] And you thought they were bald? Bald means white!

13 - See you later....! (9) - ALLIGATOR [CD]
14 - Become fashionable, go to bed (4,2) - {TURN} {IN}
16 - Semiprecious stone is a barrier (5) - {A}{GATE}

19 - Unhealthily thin creature, a bit glum, bends back (5) - {SCRA}{G} <-
20 - Very large number starting descent into port (6) - {OS}{TEN}{D}
25 - Fliers use it to make a change about duration (9) - {AL{TIME}TER}

26 - Old official seen here before evening (5) - {RE}{EVE}
27 - Cause of trouble — a soprano in treatment (5) - {CUR{S}E}
28 - He introduces new ideas when, in the hostelry, eggs rot somehow (9) - {INN}{OVA}{TOR}

29 - See the church cat go crazy for some food (7,6) - {COTTAGE (C)H(E)ESE}*

DOWN
2   - In the outskirts of Ooty, forest official finds a greenhouse (8) - {Oo{RANGER}tY}
3   - It holds rupees perhaps, with a bit taken off (5) - PURSEe*
4   - Browning on exposure to big star (6) - SUNTAN [CD] With due respects to all the ladies here

5   - Beliefs that the French yogi, on demand, spells out (8) - IDEOLOGY*(le+yogi+do)
6   - The worth of stock that one computer magnate manages to sail with (9) - {NAV}{I}{GATES}
7   - Entices casual worker with hollow truths (6) - {TEMP}{TruthS}
8   - There has to be a cause for it (6) - EFFECT [CD]

SEE THIS CARTOON

9   - Take over by force when you surprise one inside (5) - USURP [T]
15 - Trendy as well as corrupt, he holds the post (9) - {IN}{CUM}{BENT}
17 - Wielding the willow, getting in fifty and fighting (8) - {BATT{L}ING}

SEE THIS CARTOON

18 - Notes about ten different reminders of the past (8) - {MEM{ENT*}OS}
21 - “If your morals make you __, depend on it, they are wrong” (R.L.Stevenson (6) - DREARY [E]
22 - Music of the month (5) - MARCH [DD]
23 - In which one hears more than one speaker (6) - STEREO [CD]
24 - Aiming at peace can inspire niceness to an extent (6) - IRENIC [T] New word for me
26 - Light entertainment is always backed around university (5) - {REV{U}E<-}

GRID

No 9958, Monday 27 Sep 10, Sankalak

ACROSS
1   - Boat race for a great time in the making! (7) - {REGAT(T)A*}
5   - Term promissory notes as open to doubt (7) - {DUB}{IOUS}

9   - A friend, a means of going up on board ship (9,6) - {COMPANION} {LADDER}
10 - What is accepted in a trendy scene shot in one go (6) - {IN}{TAKE}
11 - It goes to prove guilt — or innocence (8) - EVIDENCE [CD]
13 - Bons vivants sure to scamper after a long story (8) - {EPIC}{URES*}
15 - Lodging for worker, outwardly modest (6) - {SH{ANT}Y}

18 - They are needed to ensure production (6) - INPUTS [CD]
19 - Garment worn by people who provoke after a time (8) - {T}{ROUSERS}
22 - The measure of a jester's hat (5,3) - FOOL'S CAP (~foolscap)

24 - Good man, free, strays to rot away (6) - {FE(ST)ER*}
27 - Important part of airport? True, large, done up afresh (9,6) - DEPARTURE LOUNGE*
28 - On European soil our destinations include this place of pilgrimage (7) - LOURDES [T]
29 - Measure of disorder in funny new poetry (7) - {E(N)TROPY*}
DOWN
1   - Lean back and find a place of learning on track (7) - {REC}{LINE} REC are now NIT
2   - Range displayed by Greek character immersed in a bit of music (5) - {GA{MU}T} What's the link between 'gut' and 'music'? Is it from 'catgut'? (See comments)
3   - Athletes' wear shows marks left by clubs, say (9) - {TRACK}{SUIT}
4   - The central part of an alliance (4) - AXIS [DD]
5   - Starting afresh from Latin (2,4) - DE NOVO [E]
6   - To come down to earth after end of climb is boring (5) - {B}{LAND}
7   - Order for weapons to protect capital of Italy (9) - {ORD{I}NANCE}
8   - Pitifully bad to involve chief engineer in black magic (7) - {SOR{CE}RY}

SEE THIS CARTOON

12 - To seek charity is a bad beginning, say (3) - {B}{EG}
14 - Spontaneous in saying one's on time, for all to see (9) - {I'M}{PROMPT}{U}
16 - A dwelling that hobo's auntie, dropping in, violated (9) - HOUSEBOATin*
17 - Mineral with monetary value in Norway (3) - ORE [DD]
18 - A non-believer in life, daughter reformed (7) - {INFI(D)EL*}

20 - The knife treatment (7) - SURGERY [CD]
21 - Principles of a suave Liberal translated (6) - {VA(L)UES*}
23 - A tiny piece of something right in the outhouse (5) - {SH{R}ED}
25 - Brown to leave for a dance (5) - {TAN}{GO}
26 - Give up a part of your space de facto (4) - CEDE [T]

GRID

No 2603, Sunday 26 Sep 10

ACROSS
1 - Opportunist in luck by river (7) – {CHANCE}{R}
5 - Does, raving about extremely good dual-purpose item of furniture (4,3) – {SO{FA B}ED*}
9 - Row about grand Asian animal (5) – {TI{G}ER}

10 - Jo, in loose sarong, having hot Indian dish (5,4) – {ROGAN {JO}S*}{H}
11 - A sailor reportedly delivered from storm (7) – {A}{SAULT}(~salt)
12 - American ringing friend in UNICEF, perhaps (7) – {A{CRONY}M}
13 - Filming group of spectators where there's target practice (8,7) – {SHOOTING} {GALLERY}
15 - Remark by picket in lookout (11,4) – {OBSERVATION} {POST}

19 - Freckle on leg - it's misshapen (7) – LENTIGO*
21 - Terribly irate about the Spanish studio (7) – {AT{EL}IER*}
22 - Low Sunday bellringer (9) – QUASIMODO [CD]
23 - Free, toilets on Euston, originally (5) – {LOOS}{E}
24 - Came out of Egypt's capital, then joined forces (7) – {E}{MERGED}
25 - Don Pasquale's nephew, tense or relaxed? (7) – ERNESTO*
DOWN
1 - Sword wound girl shows (7) – {CUT}{LASS}

2 - Imposing, old Pinochet? (7) – {AUGUST}{O}
3 - A fitness regime doing the rounds? (7,8) – CIRCUIT TRAINING [CD]
4 - I turn aria, with new arrangement, into Land of Hope . . . (9) – RURITANIA*
5 - In the morning US soldiers brought over a Greek character (5) – {S’IG<-}{MA<-}
6 - A novel that may give one enjoyment on a liner at sea - capital! (7,2,6) – {FUN}{ERAL IN*} {BERLIN}
7 - Cake - bishop, note, about to have one (7) – {B}{R{OWN}{I}E}
8 - In in 24 hours, coming from Benin some time ago (7) – {DA{HOME}Y}
14 - Objective absorbing Italian, one to act independently (2,2,5) – {GO {IT} AL}{ONE}
15 - Backhanded slash (7) – OBLIQUE [E]
16 - Worker employed in excellent US city (5,2) – {S{ANT}A FE}
17 - Threatening disaster? Nothing less, without oxygen (7) – {O}{MIN{O}US}
18 - Missile - fuss about right drill (7) – {TO{R}{PE}DO}

20 - Egg-shaped object, initially empty (5) – {O}{VOID}

GRID

No 9957, Saturday 25 Sep 10, Sankalak

ACROSS
1   - Document about important organ is handed over (9) - {DE{LIVER}ED}
5   - Dictator loses direction where buses are kept (5) - DEsPOT

SEE THIS CARTOON

8   - Members vying with each other — for destructive power (4,4) - {ARMS} {RACE} Nice one
9   - Chicken in the making, say (6) - EMBRYO [CD}
11 - Close to the davit, aperture that holds the oar (5) - {T}{HOLE}

12 - In a sentence, it may mean reduction (9) - REMISSION [CD]
13 - Preserve a way with a misleading fabrication (6) - {CAN}{A}{RD}
14 - Male voice that may cut out one strange note (8) - {BAR}{I}{TONE*}
16 - Would a team yearn for such a glance? (8) - {SIDE}{LONG}
18 - Visible feature in a spectacle (6) - ASPECT [T]
22 - A French editor catches stable boy for not being smartly turned out (9) - {UN}{GROOM}ED}
23 - Motivate member wearing garland wrong way round (5) - {I{MP}EL<-}
24 - Set of people, including wife, become mature (4,2) - {GRO{W} UP}
25 - A growth right by a racecourse (4-4) - {R}{AIN TREE}

26 - Old German ship with men of French build (5) - EMDEN*  (men+de)
27 - Dish for cooking cereals, outsize (9) - CASSEROLE* (cereals+os)
DOWN
1   - Playing cards? It can be rigorous (7) - DRASTIC*
2   - Satire provides light on love being hidden (7) - {LAMP}{O{O}N}
3   - A spineless one lacks it (9,6) - VERTEBRAL COLUMN [CD]
4   - What often gets broken in sport (6) - RECORD [CD]
5   - The subject for ‘daily study'! (8,7) - {DOMESTIC}{SCIENCE} &lit
6   - Riot cop stumbles at entrance to building (7) - PORTICO*
7   - Severely beat as would a heartless teacher with a cat (7) - {TeacheR}{OUNCE}
10 - Mother gets name in capital (5) - {AMMA}{N}
15 - Little old man missing second in full DNA sequence (5) - GeNOME

SEE THIS CARTOON

16 - Evade duty perhaps (7) - SMUGGLE [CD]
17 - Comic character whom a good wife and daughter upset (7) - DAGWOOD* (a+good+w+d)

19 - Grass found in the Pyrenees part of Spain (7) - ESPARTO [T]

20 - Flammable liquid with a funny blue tone, no black in it (7) - TOLUENEb*
21 - Notions about dawn of love become standards of perfection (6) - {IDEA{L}S}

GRID

No 9956, Friday 24 Sep 10, Sankalak

Some great clues today.
ACROSS
1   - Sworn statement by confused diva caught in a c'convulsion (9) - {A}{F'F{IDAV*}IT}
5   - A craze with bridge players gradually disappears (5) - {FAD}{ES} Nice one
8   - American author who would send letters (6) - MAILER [DD]
9   - Great agitation for those who follow postal code (8) - {TAILS}{PIN}

11 - A sound comeback? (4) - ECHO [E]
12 - Good, masterful steering needed in ocean current (4,6) - GULF STREAM*

14 - A warning from the ticker! (5) - ALARM [CD]
15 - Leader liable to be held by murderer (7) - {C{APT}AIN}
16 - Creature, part worker, part big cat (7) - {ANT}{LION} Was fascinated by this insect as a kid. In malayalam it's called 'Kuzhiana', 'Kuzhi' for Pit and 'Ana' for Elephant

17 - Girl, bit of a siren at large (5) - IRENA [T]
19 - A sound system of diagnosis (10) - SONOGRAPHY [E]
20 - Stake reversed on mount (4) - ETNA <-

22 - Can a boil be cured by this kind of hormone? (8) - ANABOLIC*
23 - Engineer seized and observed (6) - {BE}{HELD}
24 - Alien artist bearing a cross in a run (5) - {E{X}T}{RA}
25 - Dividend for the one in half, say (9) - NUMERATOR [CD] Another nice one
DOWN
1   - Fighting forces get a sign to go around top of mountain (6) - {AR{M}IES}
2   - Escape? Go with worker, one serving travellers (6,9) - {FLIGHT} {ATTEND}{ANT}

3   - Rajan and Sajan Misra in action (4) - DUET [CD]
4   - But it may still work when vehicle movement is not heavy (7,5) - {TRAFFIC} {LIGHT} Nice one
5   - For a writing instrument, bend, flatten pipe, take out article (4-3,3) - FELT-TIP PENa*
6   - A home in which to relax? Patent dump, spruced up! (6,9) - DUPLEX APARTMENT*
7   - Beware, he may throw dust in your eyes (7) - SANDMAN [CD]
10 - Increase in the amount of guano, it meant trouble (12) - AUGMENTATION*
13 - Used in cookery by a bachelor ruler, preparing dosa (6,4) - {BA}{KING} {SODA*} Ha Ha
16 - Reduce the suffering of a wise one going around America the wrong way (7) - {A}{S{SU<}AGE}
18 - Place to keep food – French and German articles – around top of refrigerator (6) - {LA}{R}{DER}

SEE THIS CARTOON

21 - Costly pet (4) - DEAR(~deer) [DD] See comments

GRID

No 9955, Thursday 23 Sep 10, Sankalak

Typical Sankalak, smooth flow, simple and day-to-day words
ACROSS
1   - String of words — not involving a rigorous stretch? (6,8) - SIMPLE SENTENCE [CD]
8   - One needing oxygen for the energy to cure the English bore beginning to extemporise (6) - {A}{EROB*}{E}
9   - Officer and worker accept award from resident (8) - {OC}{CUP}{ANT}
11 - Should a voter care, however, to show an exaggerated response? (9) - OVERREACT*

12 - Food carried by cautious US hikers (5) - SUSHI [T]
13 - Journalist, outwardly more than satisfied, is put to sleep (7) - {S{ED}ATED}
15 - Imitate and try to match a bird tardily (7) - {EMU}{LATE}
17 - The aloofness of a stand-by (7) - RESERVE [DD]
19 - Courageous, like Manekshaw perhaps (7) - BAHADUR [CD]
21 - If damp, it will be a disappointment (5) - SQUIB [CD]
23 - Draw attention to superior brightness (9) - {HIGH}{LIGHT}
25 - Expound notes by writer (8) - {DE}{SCRIBE}
26 - Position assumed when girl is ousted from intervening space (6) - diSTANCE
27 - The Marx Brothers at Mahalaxmi! (1,3,2,3,5) - A DAY AT THE RACES [CD]
DOWN
1   - Areas of darkness created by a daughter in public displays (7) - {SH{A}{D}OWS}
2   - Regret dropping note in a sort of code (5) - reMORSE

3   - A Simon Bolivar in orbit: real funny (9) - LIBERATOR*
4   - It could be black in a formal dinner (7) - NECKTIE [CD]

SEE THIS CARTOON

5   - Ladies' bags to suit English design (5) - ETUIS*
6   - Where clothes may go hang (4,5) - COAT STAND [CD]
7   - Workers' protest, a hit (6) - STRIKE [DD]
10 - Poet reportedly not admitted (4) - BARD(~barred)
14 - Deliberately concealed, or did I guess wrong? (9) - DISGUISED*

SEE THIS CARTOON

16 - To pad furniture hurts Pole badly (9) - UPHOLSTER*
17 - Stay and get note on team (6) - {RE}{SIDE}
18 - Public display of a piece of evidence (7) - EXHIBIT [DD]
19 - Sacks for silver in the outskirts of Bahamas (4) - {B{AG}S} I wonder if this blog's secretive Bahaman follower is still around?
20 - Contemptible people get time in rebuilt resort (7) - {ROT{T}ERS*}
22 - Rather foolish to leave weapon in empty buggy (5) - {B{ARM}uggY}
24 - Information one beginning to comprehend relating to a factor in heredity (5) - {GEN}{I}{C}

GRID

No 9954, Wednesday 22 Sep 10, Cryptonyte

Lovely entry for Cryptonyte. This name though is a give away to most of us!
ACROSS
8   - Guesses players on the field? (8,7) - BALLPARK FIGURES [DD] Hearing this phrase for the first time
10 - Detectives in an excited tussle put in hospital (7) - {SLEUT{H}S*}
11 - Ghost's description given time and again (7) - {SPEC}{T}{RE}
12 - Tony gets student's aid (4) - {HE{L}P}
13 - Many model homes have eastern exit and entrance (9) - {T}{HOUSe{AND}S}
15 - Retort right after one is taken in by the English (7) - {R}{I}{POST}{E}
17 - Fruit mousse with nothing brown on top (7) - {TAN}{GEL}{O}

19 - Cross limit often pointlessly for a theme (9) - LEITMOTIFn*
21 - Clean without water (4) - NEAT [DD] Neat one
24 - Compound interest perhaps, return of money comes first (7) - {NIT<-}{RATE}
25 - Seaman I revive from memory loss (7) - AMNESIA*

26 - Tottenham's best player right now is unprepared (4,2,3,6) - {SPUR} {OF THE MOMENT}
DOWN
1   - Big honour to get second Emmy at the start (5) - {OBE}{S}{E}
2   - Shear sheep to pull the wool over one's eyes (6) - FLEECE [DD]
3   - Unusually happiest memories that are set in stone (8) - EPITAPHS*
4   - Go over to the other side, to religious symbol and article with St. (5,3,6) - {CROSS} {THE} {STREET} The St had me foxed for quite a while!

SEE THIS CARTOON

5   - Rues beheading birds (6) - rEGRETS
6   - Charade about time and money going around (8) - {P{RE}{T}ENCE}
7   - One who expresses surprise with number one's comeback on parting grand slam (9) - {A}{S}{CEN}{S'ION<-} Anno and definition not clear (Addendum - {gASPER}{S'ION<-} - Thanks to Bhavan,see comments)
9   - One who is uncomfortable, who fears outfit that is shady (4,3,2,5) - FISH OUT OF WATER*

SEE THIS CARTOON

14 - Doctor on round taking one out of malady with wit (9) -{DR}{O}{iLLNESS}
16 - Input rot, ridiculous output (8) - PRINTOUT*
18 - Sister's bringing one in midday with fracture that won't heal (8) - {NO{NUN}{I}ON}
20 - Notice animal sound outside a hayfield (6) - {ME{AD}OW}
22 - A new promise to bring out a solution (6) - {A}{N}{SWEaR}
23 - Place it within the common class (5) - {LA{IT}Y}

GRID

No 9953, Tuesday 21 Sep 10, Spiffytrix

Some iffy clues from Spiffytrix today, cluing is not an easy job. Getting used to style of a setter takes time.
ACROSS
1   - Hold a tailless grouse (4) - GRIPe
3   - Casablanca's English seat of power? (5,5) - WHITE HOUSE [DD]
9   - Excitement initially lacking in party (7) - cAROUSAL
11 - Element's acceptable as a substitute for carbon in the skull (7) - (-c+u)URANIUM
12 - That padre got drunk at an unsafe place (9) - DEATHTRAP*

SEE THIS CARTOON

13 - Couple adopts a writer (5) - {TW{A}IN}
14 - Reveal chest containing gold for officer (3,9) - {AIR} {COMMOD{OR}E}

18 - Incumbent government lost a developed state (5,7) - UTTAR PRADESH Anno pending for the only state I could fit in here!! (Addendum - UP(-a) - See comments)
21 - Leaders from America said absolutely nothing about this position (5) - {A}{S}{A}{N}{A}

22 - Damn it! Opening batsman's nervous before playing a game (9) - {B}{ADMINT*}{ON}
24 - Officer sounded belligerent (7) - MARSHAL ? Anno pending (Addendum - MARSHAL (~martial) Still iffy)
25 - Conclude that cancer may be inactive (4,3) - {SIGN} {OFF} Nice one
26 - Bump off suitor taken inside for a bit of necking (10) - {PR{OTRUSI*}O}{N} PRO meaning  professional side? A bit far fetched to imagine (Addendum - PRO from for - See comments)
27 - Not married — like 11 and others (2,2) - mET AL ? (See comments)
DOWN
1   - Relative's excellent lawyer died (8) - {GRAND}{DA}{D}
2   - Working adroitly for admiration (8) - IDOLATRY*
4   - Perhaps Captain Ahab lost weight to become fitter (5) - wHALER
5   - Baseless to blast fool — totally baseless (7-2) - {TRUM{PED U*}P} (Addendum - {TRUMPEd}{D UPe} - See comments)
6   - Earth may be moving (13) - {HEART}{BREAKING}
7   - John said you are not starting last (6) - {U}{R}{fINAL}
8   - Queen's stock of fur (6) - {ER}{MINE}
10 - Either master or mistress prepares chocolates with her (13) - SCHOOLTEACHER*
15 - Spooner's hit the shopping centres for non-veg. koftas (9) - {MEATBALLS}(~beat malls)
16 - Place to defeat a swimmer (3,5) - {SEA T}{ROUT} Nice one

17 - Pleased that husband's in American prison? Not quite right! (8) - {T{H}ANK}{FULl}
19 - Prepare to become more animated (4-2) - WARM-UP [CD]
20 - Waves or bangs on the head? (6) - HAIRDO [CD]

SEE THIS CARTOON

23 - No ideal location for club (5) - DISCO ? Anno pending (Addendum - DISCOvery - See comments)

GRID

No 9952, Monday 20 Sep 10, Spiffytrix

A good opener for our new setter I wonder who he or she is. 19A has me stumped
ACROSS
1   - Left stranded? Back off, go down to the left, followed by right, left, left, left (6) - BE{R}{lEFT} Anno for BE pending (Addendum - {bBE<-}{R}{lEFT} - See comments)
4   - Saint going around in an old Indian kingdom (8) - {NI<-}{CHOLAS}
10 - Draft study plan (9) - {CON}{SCRIPT}
11 - The seven sisters from India escape a famine incited by criminals (5) - MAFIAne*

12 - Tired – having lost right at the beginning (4) - DrAWN
13 - Nothing to write about infiltrating cult – It's known to all (4,6) - {O}{PEN} {SEC{RE}T}
15 - We transfer electronic bits to use this! (7) - {WE}{BSIT*}{E} &lit
16 - Work without pressure, like a professional (6) - {EX{P}ERT} 
19 - Lovers of the Italian geneticist (6) - ?E?D{IL} (Addendum - {MEN}{DEL} - See comments. Women are not lovers ?)
21 - Extravagant country of the Turkish dynasty (7) - OTTOMAN [CD]
23 - Perhaps, someone like Lenin would excitedly solve this brainteaser at first (10) - {B}{OLSHEVIST*}
25 - Landmass has dissolved? Nothing odd about it (4) - ISLE Anno pending (Addendum - {I}{S}{L}{E} - See comments)
27 - Playboy's finally marrying a cheat (5) - {RO{G}UE}
28 - Abuse Charlie in annex (9) - {ADDI{C}TION}
29 - Good leader's shaggy dog (8) - {AI}{REDALE*} Remember TIN-TIN's dog

30 - Disheartened Tennyson composed this poem (6) - SONNETny*
DOWN
1   - Withdraw as student's left black and blue (4,4) - {BlACK} {DOWN}
2   - Soldiers revolutionary uprising in island is something that can be recreated (9) - {RE}{NEW}{ABLE<-}
3   - Deal with a particular type of person (4) - FACE [DD]
5   - Great selection of print ensemble (7) - INTENSE [T]
6   - Latin man's method has cut short time for a doctor (10) - {HOMO}{EOn}{PATH}
7   - Being king, he may be in prison for a long time (5) - {LIFE}{R}
8   - Fight with army in a Greek city (6) - {SPAR}{TA}
9   - Bohemian joint that's conserving power (6) - {HIP}{P}{IE}

SEE THIS HIPPIE

14 - What a driver may face when his swindle's unravelled (10) - WINDSHIELD* How did one S become a D
17 - Forgiveness of sin is more treacherous (9) - REMISSION*
18 - Trainee starts to enjoy this surfers' paradise (8) - {INTERN}{E}{T}
20 - Message for world peace at the start of a tennis game? (4-3) - LOVE-ALL [DD]
21 - Playing eleven can score a goal from this position (6) - {ON}{SIDE}
22 - Russian region's not south of the European peninsula (6) - sIBERIA
24 - A winter sport athlete's pistol (5) - LUGER [DD]

26 - Sophocles regularly wrote about this nymph (4) - {E}{C}{H}{O} <-

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No 2602, Sunday 19 Sep 10

ACROSS
1   - Could be Mira, twinkling star taken from a city in India (8) - AMRITSAR*
5   - Very good, or very bad? (6) - WICKED [DD]

9   - Following behind king (5) - {LATE}{R}
10 - Third-rate minstrel and clumsy actor carrying extra weight? (9) - {HAM}{FATTER} Had to google search this
12 - Lecturer baffled poor serfs (9) - PROFESSOR*
13 - Honours leader of expedition, extremely overweight (5) - {OBES}{E}
14 - Talk to an eccentric, revolutionary in the past, in a city in Tennessee (11) - {CHAT}{TANO*}{OGA<-} Listen to Chattanooga Choo Choo

18 - Victor's round? (3,2,6) - LAP OF HONOUR [E]
21 - Bring together in a religious service (5) - {A}{MASS}
22 - Private hotel by cobbled Rome street (9) - {INN}{ERMO*}{ST}
24 - Has to step off rapidly (9) - POSTHASTE*
25 - Benefit of dog having no lead? (5) - bASSET
26 - Bit of silly nonsense in bar (6) - {S}{TRIPE}
27 - In hiding in hotel, man with changed appearance (2,3,3) - ON THE LAM*
DOWN
1   - 50 introduced to remarkably special food flavouring (8) - {AL{L}SPICE}
2   - Reasonable grounds detailed (8) - RATIONALe
3   - Curt, in sister's estimation (5) - TERSE [T]
4   - A game outside with dad in discomfort (5,3,5) - {A}{CHES {AND} {PA}{IN}S}

SEE THIS CARTOON

6   - Lover from Ontario, possibly coming round in the morning (9) - {IN{AM}ORATO*}
7   - Christopher, 10, leads one to new-born pet? (6) - {KIT}{TEN}

8   - County Down's top store bombed (6) - {D}{ORSET*}
11 - A ballerina not many forget dancing (6,7) - MARGOT FONTEYN*
15 - Discusses business lectures before small dance (5,4) - {TALKS} {S}{HOP}

16 - Huge shortfall in fuel (8) - {CO{LOSS}AL}
17 - Jazz pianist, Greek character, tired all the time, artist brought over (3,5) - {AR}{T} {T}{A}{T}{UM}<- Didn't know TATT stands for 'Tired All The Time' Syndrome.
19 - Affected, American university grounds (6) - {CAMP}{US}
20 - Emperor is flanked by king and a queen (6) - {K}{A}{IS}{ER}
23 - Come to an open stretch of water (5) - REACH [DD]

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No 9951, Saturday 18 Sep 10, Neyartha

ACROSS
1   - Witty doctor indulges voter (6-7) - SILVER TONGUED*

9   - Vendor's distinguishing symbol around the golf ball holder (9) - {MARKE{TEE}R}
10 - Herald conservative replacement for Bishop Rose (5) - (-b+c)CRIER
11 - Executioner with Indian intoxicant needs no introduction to the staff (7) - {bHANG}{MAN}
13 - Days marked by peace and prosperity, for example (7) - HALCYON [E]
14 - Revolution brought to notice by Mark on the radio (5) - WHEEL (~weal)
15 - Larders in Florida missing colourful insects (9) - BUTTERflIES
17 - Display of purls done in new fashion (9) - SPLENDOUR*
18 - Dissatisfied? Dispute date advancement softly (3,2) - {FE(+d)D-U(-d)}{P}
20 - Element of revolutionary advantage with hospital adjoining old town (7) - {SULP<-}{H}{UR}
22 - Master starting ocean cruise with the company of a North African wind (7) - {SIR}{O}{C}{CO}
23 - Support for artist reduced by the Liberal taking over from the Democrat (5) - EASEL(-d+l)
24 - One trained in a scientific field makes this spicy concoction (9) - PHYSICIST*
26 - Book of tables prepared by accountant (5,8) - READY RECKONER [E]
DOWN
1   - Courts overturn besieging of border retreat against all odds (7) - {SO{MEH<-}OW<-}
2   - 75 per cent of the organ-gallery accommodated items related to the windpipe (9) - LARYNGEALorg*
3   - First lady (3) - EVE [E]
4   - Promotional ploy making an appearance during the sortieing (3-2) - TIE-IN [T]
5   - Short rant about Polaris (5,4) - NORTH STAR*
6   - Everyone admitted to unforced error being needless (8-3) - {UNC{ALL}ED FOR*}
7   - Lifted gloomy imprisoned single with unknown flower (5) - {DA{I}S<-}{Y}

8   - Software Nash provided for the domains (6) - ARENAS [T]
12 - Style of bodice in Massachusetts leading to extreme depression (11) - {M{ELAN}{CHOLI}A}
15 - Life story's list of references lacked blog link identifiers initially (9) - BIbliOGRAPHY
16 - Bring in charged particle to create this electrical phenomenon (9) - {INDUCT}{ION}
17 - A convent member's relative (6) - SISTER [DD]
19 - Student enlisted by Harry of Hogwarts to find the cabalist (7) - {P{L}OTTER}

21 - Cutting tool with bridge player confiscated by upset official (5) - LASER(-e)*(sealer*) (Addendum - {LA{S}ER*} - See comments)
22 - Kind expression (5) - STYLE [DD]
25 - Caught including abbreviated sign (3) - INK ? (Addendum - INK (~inc) - See comments)

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No 9950, Friday 17 Sep 10, Neyartha

Today's theme - Fonts.
ACROSS
1   - A pirate on the web does this on others' copyright (9) - INFRINGES [CD]
6   - Bacteria found in taro finally removed by Indian chief (5) - COCCI Anno pending (Taro is Cocoyam)
9   - Somehow clasp rigid stem (5) - SPRIG [T]
10 - Soldier retreating with man sour about being an illiterate (9) - {IG<-}{NORAMUS*}
11 - Keyboard support (7) - CONSOLE [DD]
12 - Sign seen by gambler without hope at first (6) - ChANCER
14 - Letters from Mahapatro manipulated by an Italian (5) - ROMAN [T]
15 - Shrub's new branch shielded by an office worker (9) - {PE{N}{STEM}ON}

17 - Gauge op-ed served up by a dogmatic teacher (9) - PEDAGOGUE*
19 - Remarkable (informally speaking) type of hill in a Montana mining town (5) - BUTTE (~butt) (Addendum - BUTTE (~beaut)See comments )
20 - Computer font in which a clear answer is written at the end (6) - {LUCID}{A}
22 - Herald mythical bird from the east protecting old city in Ireland (7) - {CO{UR}{IE}R<-}
24 - Passed the dances Eve organised (9) - EVANESCED*
25 - Putting chlorine on potassium results in a dull sound (5) - {CL}{ON}{K}
26 - Schedules beats (5) - TIMES [DD]
27 - Stag describing story concocted on a warship (9) - {DE{STROY*}ER}
DOWN
1   - Louse, vile, is a camper's need (6,9) - {INSECT} {REPELLENT}
2   - Talked about embracing upset fiddling emperor? That was mentioned before (9) - {F{OREN*}AMED}
3   - Such a toenail may be problematic (7) - INGROWN [CD]
4   - West African birds surrounding the hog and some rodents (6,4) - {GUINEA {PIG}S}

5   - French in need of some pacific islanders with missing extinct New Zealand bird (4) - SAmoaNS
6   - Berry found in present for the auditor (7) - CURRANT (~current)

7   - Funny commander in charge (5) - {COM}{IC}
8   - LIC agent to cover bankrupt Romeo (9,6) - {INSURANCE} {BROKE}{R}
13 - By mistake, vice-president (not a VIP), gets petitions (10) - INTERCEDESvip* Is the definition correct?
16 - Using inheritance, maiden usurps power in union (9) - (-p+m)MATRIMONY

18 - Churchman goes outside with son to find the revered female (7) - {GO{DD}ES}{S}
19 - A batsman might duck under this (7) - BOUNCER [CD]
21 - Appeal march in trouble (5) - CHARM*
23 - Birds flying north with non-constant speed (4) - SkCUD <-

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No 9949, Thursday 16 Sep 10, M Manna

Hardly a Cryptic CW today. Brace for Neyartha's brace from tomorrow.
ACROSS
1   - Al lords over many countries having the same standard unit of money (7) - DOLLARS*
5   - Itinerant Russian fighter faces tirade (7) - {MIG}{RANT}

SEE THIS CARTOON

9   - He causes great affliction with a whip (7) - SCOURGE [DD]
10 - The way coppers like a man who is wise (7) - {PAS}{SAGE} Pas & Coppers?(Addendum - {P}{AS}{SAGE} - See comments)
11 - Practice America developed with a period of time (5) - {US}{AGE}
12 - Eddy disturbed smart mole (9) - MAELSTROM*
13 - Poor quality disc which destroys one's reputation (3,6) - {BAD} {RECORD}
15 - Water reservoirs (5) - SUMPS [E]
16 - Get up for high tension struggle (5) - {FIG}{HT} Get up & Fig ?
18 - Pitch Peter's pal in a canvas sheet (9) - {TAR}{PAUL}{IN} Nice one
21 - Builder to make the picture visible? (9) - DEVELOPER [DD]
24 - Balances equally (5) - EVENS [E]
25 - They help us see around Aintree (7) - RETINAE*

26 - Inspect closely an old first class tunnel (7) - {EX}{A}{MINE}
27 - Take shelter to keep away from the direction the wind blows (7) - LEEWARD [CD]
28 - Let English men unravel determining factor in a problem (7) - {EL{E}MENT*}
DOWN
1   - Bust out to rid inconvenience caused (7) - DISTURB*
2   - Spotted wild cat (7) - LEOPARD [E]

3   - Bond's men finding themselves in a welcome situation (9) - {A}{GREE{MEN}T}
4   - One way to cook assorted meats (5) - STEAM*
5   - Aficionado of the cartographer's art (3,6) - MAP READER [CD]
6   - Girl meets venomous snakes that makes her breathe in distressed manner (5) - {G}{ASPS}
7   - Change letters of a word to form another (7) - ANAGRAM [E]

THE ORIGIN OF ANAGRAM

8   - A flask of mother's ruin (7) - THERMOS*
14 - Extensive picnic (9) - {OUT}{SPREAD} I think Manna intends this to be a DD
15 - Tired fellow coming to a standstill (9) - {STALE}{MATE}

SEE THIS CARTOON

16 - Fear led to new form of government (7) - FEDERAL*
17 - A vet got upset by a series of steps (7) - GAVOTTE*
19 - Idle for a change to see where there's shelter (7) - LEESIDE* Is there such a word? It should have been LEE SIDE
20 - An unusual perfume that's now in process of production (7) - {NA}{SCENT} What's the definition here?
22 - Seeing a land excites her (5) - LANDA Never heard such a name (Correction - {L{I}NDA*} - See comments)
23 - Thread one's way through a high official (5) - REEVE [DD]

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No 9948, Wednesday 15 Sep 10, M Manna

ACROSS
1   - Use ride as substitute for rest (7) - RESIDUE*
5   - Boy isn't an artist but gets the girl (7) - {LEO}{NO}{RA}
9   - To teach a student that Tipu pilfered is incorrect (5) - PUPIL [T] What is 'To teach' doing here? What is incorrect?
10 - Will's trial at attacking people in (9) - {TEST}{A{MEN}T}
11 - Reappear after being concealed (6) - EMERGE [CD]
12 - Material to make the music stop (8) - {ORGAN}{DIE}
14 - Very thin slick of oil on water (5) - SHEEN [CD] Is the definition correct?
15 - European city made smart with difficulty (9) - AMSTERDAM*
18 - Pharmacist may provide such a container (9) - DISPENSER [DD]
20 - A vast expanse of water that covers a large part of the globe (5) - OCEAN [E]
22 - Salutation of good wishes (8) - GREETING [E]
24 - Have Yen for a Middle East countryman (6) - {YE{ME}N}{I}
26 - It's not a minor change he proposes (9) - NOMINATOR* She can't propose?
27 - Israeli currency used in ancient Greek marketplace! (5) - AGORA [DD]
28 - Cut short a going over (7) - {A}{BRIDGE}
29 - Offering here and now (7) - PRESENT [DD]
DOWN
1   - Put down the newspapers to cut the long grass (9) - {RE{PRESS}ED}

SEE THIS CARTOON

2   - Best have a meal with wanderers (7) - {SUP}REME Anno pending
3   - An old coach calling for attention (9) - DILIGENCE [DD]

SEE THIS CARTOON

4   - Lizards found on iron pathway! (4) - {EF}{TS} No reversal indicator

5   - Land's End presumably if all else has failed (4,6) - LAST RESORT [DD]
6   - Ring mother to get laugh about a large U.S. city (5) - {O}{MA}{HA}
7   - Carried too far to become tired (7) - OVERDID [DD]
8   - Lawrence ran about to find a cave (5) - ANTRE* (ran+TE) New word for me
13 - Flat at Eton semi-converted (10) - MAISONETTE*
16 - Clear one troublesome pest found in the river (9) - {EX{ONE}{RAT}E}
17 - Beggar who admits he is incapable of reforming his character (9) - {MEND}{I}{CANT}
19 - Craft master worried about direction (7) - {STEAM{E}R*}
21 - Notices foreign money gives offence to the viewer (7) - {EYES}{ORE}
22 - Sail from port (5) - GENOA [DD]

23 - Pitch of voice had to be altered right away (5) - TONED ? Anno pending (Addendum - TUrNED - See comments)
25 - Experience the hallucinatory effects of LSD (4) - TRIP [CD]

GRID