No 9604, Thursday, 06 Aug 09, M.Manna

ACROSS
1 - He may catch you out after a time lapse (6,4) - {SECOND} {SLIP}
6 - Regular consumer of drugs (4) - USER [E]
9 - Aunt on a motorway makes note of extremely small detail (7) - {MI}NUT{I}A*
10 - A garden had been cultivated on the island (7) - GRENADA*
12 - Photo of material that’s reduced to a large spot (8) - MICRODOT [E]
13 - He makes an attempt to test (5) - TRIER [E]
15 - Register a horse for a race (5) - ENTER [E]
17 - Extent of noise at dinner of Frenchman not right (9) - DI{MENSIO(-ur)*}N Mr Manna has missed out on the spelling of Monsieur
19 - Act for others again, now (9) - {RE}{PRESENT}
21 - She goes around the river with Al (5) - {AL}{EXE} could also be {A}DE{L}E as both DEE and EXE are rivers
23 - Weird eastern lake (5) - {E}{ERIE}
24 - Roger troubled Scotsman, one coming from an American state (8) - {GEORG*}{IAN} Roger is really troubled with an extra G and missing an R !! Manna in his elements.
27 - Hates intensely, later trials of the French (7) - {DE}{TESTS}
28 - Monstrous, his gore, monstrous (7) - OGREISH*
29 - Called with haste, for George (4) - {RAN}{G}
30 - In which flatfish are found? (4,6) - {SOLE} HAVENS [CD]
DOWN
1 - Certain unspecified (4) - SOME [DD]
2 - One condemned to penal servitude (7) - CONVICT [E]
3 - Take night direction to find saltpeter in the U.S. (5) - (~night)NITE{R}
4 - Don’t sit doing nothing! (5,4) - STAND IDLE [CD]
5 - There is gold to be found when you are in Gotham city, almost (5) - INGOT [T]
7 - Wish Ali to become a person from Zanzibar (7) - SWAHILI*
8 - Winged jogger? (10) - ROADRUNNER [E] I used to love 'The Roadrunner and Wile E Coyote' comics, nowadays they come on TV as well, as Looney Tunes cartoons on the cartoon channel.
11 - No seat in Assembly of this country (7) - ESTONIA*
14 - You, my love, are playing against the German (4,6) - DEAR {REA*}{DER}
16 - Smoking jackets? (7) - REEFERS [DD]
18 - This is meant to show the correct time in bars (9) - METRONOME [E]
20 - One forswearing luxury had a turnip stew (7) - PURITAN*
22 - Investigate cut back at the colliery (7) - {EXA<-}{MINE}
24 - Sudden wind blast does not dampen exuberant enjoyment (5) - {GUST}{O}
25 - She’s out in the garden after quitting the North (5) - GERDA(-n)*
26 - Some resistance over taxing demands (4) - OHMS ? Annotation pending

No 9603, Wednesday, 05 Aug 09, M.Manna

ACROSS
1 - Enduring affliction marked X (7,1,5) - BEARING A CROSS [DD]
8 - Sheep quarter modelled for brother’s children (7) - {N}EPHE{W}S*
9 - Counting as influential (7) - TELLING [DD]
11 - Get Ray somehow to move round (6) - GYRATE*
13 - Feelers put out before holding a woman up (8) - ANT{ENNA<-}E
15 - Trunk or boot or some other name for a container (5) - TORSO [T]
16 - Professional rubber? (7) - MASSEUR [E]
18 - Stretch of river occupied by vessels (7) - EX{PANS}E
19 - Consent, but will be a long time coming round again (5) - AG{RE}E
21 - Stocky rustic among the test players (8) - T{HICK}SET*
23 - Promotion of one of those in flight (4,2) - STEP UP [CD]
25 - No strain in distribution of fixed allowance (7) - RATI{O}NS*
26 - A spider changed the emotion (7) - DESPAIR*
28 - Pretty girls get misspelt letters which are great literature (6-7) - BELLES {LETTRES*} New phrase for me
DOWN
2 - An Antarctic penguin (7) - EMPEROR [E]
3 - Port or whiskey (3) - RYE [DD]
4 - A quarter on road becomes a comfortable resort (4) - {NE}{ST}
5 - Surprised a shed is not damaged (10) - ASTONISHED*
6 - May rile beginner to include him in a small trench (5) - RI{L}LE*
7 - The one who twists the yarn or turns the ball? (7) - SPINNER [DD]
8 - Dark, stout hotel worker on late shift (5,6) - NIGHT WAITER [CD]
10 - On course, does he retain the pot? (5,6) - GREEN KEEPER [CD]
12 - Poor time for the return of a band of people (5) - {T}ROOP<- )
14 - In uses a man varies from his secretary (10) - AMANUENSIS* Another new word for me
17 - Old to exert force to extort (5) - {EX}{ACT}
18 - Lee gets tips about a letter (7) - EPISTLE*
20 - Substitute heavy fabric with very fine fabric (7) - {REP}{LACE}
22 - To knock out couple of pounds not possible on top of hillock (5) - {K{N}O}{LL}
24 - Advantage makes the aged generally content (4) - EDGE [T]
27 - Posed as a model (3) - SAT [E]