No 9469, Monday, 02 Mar, Nita Jaggi

Did not go out for my walk today so the early post. No Monday morning blues and a quick CW
ACROSS
 1 - Master artist has crossed the capital of Hungary for almost one long race (8) – M{AR}AT{H}ON(one-e)
 5 - Georgia is no good for the workers (4) – GA{NG}
 9 - Account nothing to America for it to turn around producing sound (8) – AC{O}US{TI<-}C Origin of the last C in the answer not specified in the clue, unless the setter has taken ACC as the abvn for account
10 - Respect shown, husband gives an award over a period of time (6) – H{OM}{AGE}
12 - Large city has an alien back in the small hours (4) – {LA}TE<- 13 - An expert seeker following the way of life (10) – PATHFINDER [2]
15 - Code word for the man left in for a knighted comedian (7,7) – CHARLIE {CHAP}{L}IN
17 - Come-on, spurn all around in the section of a newspaper (8,6) – PERSONAL COLUMN*
21 - Dispensary has a single collection of practitioners (10) – CLINIC{I}ANS
22 - Immobilise the saint to behead the nun (4) – ST{(n-)UN}
25 - Almost tie the grand sir going back to the river (6) – TI(-e){G}RIS<- 26 - Note within the blue sound of a magician having a snack food (8) – SAND{D}WICH ?? Annotation not clear
27 - Right to practice a trick (4) – R{USE}
28 - Pose a threat to disturb the range end (8) – ENDANGER*
DOWN
 1 - Small amount of the same design left at the end of the day (6) – MEAS*{L}{Y}
 2 - Perch eighty duck’s eggs on the street (5) – R{OO}{ST} Nailed the Roman Numeral R for eighty this time around
 3 - Flip the coin carelessly (4) – TOSS [2]
 4 - Paper folding around the gear in the morning on a straight line (7) – ORI{G}{AM}I Origin of ORI from the clue not clear
 6 - An awful thirty seconds inside a large snake covered by an expert (10) – A{BO{MIN}A}BLE This should have been sixty seconds
 7 - Winning of all tricks in a single championship game (5,4) - GRAND SLAM [2]
 8 - Sound of nothing except the tool (5) – {SH}EAR ?? What I have got does not appear to be correct (Update - SHEAR (~sheer))
11 - Elegant church in charge (4) – CH{IC}
14 - Quiet port on Rhode Island is a different site for preferential ratings (10) – {P}RIO{RI}{TIES*}
16 - Forerunner will laugh to eat too much in a car (9) – {HAR}{BINGE}R (Update {HA}R{BINGE}R)
18 - Odd acre is dry land without rainfall (4) – ARID Annotation not clear
19 - Abel’s brother holding almost one cross to have within (7) – C{ON(-e)}{T}AIN
20 - Main announcer has a heavy device (6) – ANCHOR [2]
21 - Grasp the feline chief (5) – CAT{CH}
23 - Fastening a bandage on the Chinese character (5) – T{YING}
24 - Identification of each thought (4) – ID{EA}

No 2522, Sunday, 01 Mar 09

Finally we have CW No 2522 after last Sunday's faux pas. The Sunday CW has generally been my pitfall, but seem to have done reasonably well today, have not managed to work out 14A, 23A and 21D I have my doubts about 7D. (Addendum - managed to get 14A, 23A and 7D)
ACROSS
1 - Punctuation mark in line Cosmo translated (9) – SEMI COLON*
6 - Give birth to first of litter in den (5) – CA{L}VE
9 - Relief comes as swelling is reduced round central part of hock (5) – L{OC}UM (lump – p)
10 - They sell irons and balls (9) – GUNSMITHS [CD]
11 - Entirely the responsibility of Old Trafford? (4,2,3,6) – DOWN TO THE GROUND [CD]
12 - Type of necktie a Caledonian produces (5) – A{SCOT}
14 - Trite remark made by chap finally given free rein (9) - (Addendum - {P}LATITUDE)
17 - Shopkeeper burst into tears (9) STATIONER*
18 - Freely available religious work described by senior citizen (2,3) – ON TAP Annotation not clear
19 - Sales talk - head of investments trots out a cliché` (2,5,3,5) – {I}T {TAKES ALL S*}ORTS*
22 - The case for a range of investments? (9) – PORTFOLIO [2]
23 - One invading island, part of Asia Minor (5) - INDIA ?? (Addendum - IO{I}NA)
24 - Hungarian pianist's record? Sounds like it (5) - LISZT (~list)
25 - Left a station, badly polluted, to cross heart of Burundi (6,3) – PULLED O{U}T*
DOWN
1 - Speaks about a western actor in musical (5,4) – S{A}{LAD D}AYS
2 - Parrot, first to mimic a cry of another bird (5) M{A}{CAW}
3 - Regain consciousness, fine and well after knockout, by the way (4,2,5,2,2) – COME TO THIN{K O}F IT
4 - Spot comic holing short putt (5,4) – LIGH{T UP*(putt – t)}ON
5 - Child molester in prison on Cephalonia (5) – NONCE [T]
6 - I name rhinoceros - wild no matter what the circumstances may be (4,4,2,5) – COME RAIN OR SHINE*
7 - Spill the beans about that in French resort (2,7) LE TOU{RIS}T ?? I don't think this is right (Addendum - LE TOU{QUE}T)
8 - Died down then stopped, after opener dismissed (5) – EASED (ceased – c)
13 - Crime writer in school is representing house (9) - CHARTERIS Author of the famous series with the main character named SAINT, have read most of them while in college
15 - Hoax victim left most of food girl brought round (5,4) – APRI{L FOO(food –d)}L
16 - Peasants set out around noon, by the way (2,7) – EN PASSANT*
19 - One member the Spanish push forward (5) – I{MP}EL
20 - Shropshire lad initially cast in silly soap (5) – SA{L}OP*
21 - Head of ruling party checking on a rota, maybe (5) - (Addendum - R{ON}DO ??)