No 2550, Sunday, 13 Sep 09

I hate CW’s which have names in answers
ACROSS
1 - I cycle around plant (6) – CICELY*
4 - Put out, sounded off about king (8) – SP{R}OUTED
9 - Cryptic clues written by spymaster might (6) – M{USCL*}E
10 - Take place during festival (8) – {PASS}{OVER}
12 - Battle against royal household (9) – {AGIN}{COURT} Result of a google search
13 - Sound of organ that is spooky (5) – (~ear)EER{IE}
14 - One who entertained Bush, say, by order within (6,6) – GEORGE {FORM}{BY} Another Google search
18 - Welsh actor, Ray, penning first of stories, godsend for publisher (5,3,4) – {MILL{S} AND} {BOON} My wife loved reading these books
21 - Conscious of a conflict close to peace (5) – A{WAR}{E}
22 - Fruit pie pen pal prepared (9) – PINEAPPLE*
24 - Social worker after fabric, one with stripes (8) – SERGE{ANT}
25 - Mentally slow, not sharp (6) – OBTUSE [DD]
26 - Latest food store, we're told, in capital (3,5) – {NEW} DELHI(~deli)
27 - Councillor to check trust (6) – {CR}{EDIT}
DOWN
1 - Camping out includes a series of military operations (8) – CAMPAIGN*
2 - Found golf club inflexible (4-4) – {CAST} {IRON}
3 - Phone up about one shrub (5) – L{I}LAC <- )
5 - Virtuous type daubs paint, losing head (7,5) – PLASTER S{(-p)AINT} Confirmed guess work
6 - Main place where the natives may be cultured? (6,3) – OYSTER BED [CD]
7 - Servant blowing top working in bar (6) – (-s)TAVERN*
8 - Study drinking vessel in shade (6) – D{ARK}EN
11 - Horse in county mag (7,5) – {SUFFOLK} {PUNCH} Another Google search to confirm this guess
15 - A mistress may get revenge, I suspect, around middle of January (9) – G{U}{I}NEVERE*
16/17 - What may be added to an account to heighten curiosity? (8,8) – COMPOUND INTEREST [DD]
19 - Vicar responsible for crime under pressure (6) – {P}ARSON
20 - Litter, much on bank (6) – {FAR}{ROW}
23 - Girl from Camberwell (5) – AMBER [T]

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No 9635, Saturday, 12 Sep 09, M.Manna

Some good clues today
ACROSS
1 - A president not up to cleaning up (10) - WASHING(TON<-} )
6 - At work above everything else (4) - AT{OP}
9 - Disturbed by a few lines in the Old Testament (7) - O{VERSE}T
10 - Anger in unruly scene (7) -IN{CENSE*}
12 - Basic irregular triangle (8) - INTEGRAL*
13 - Jack the Italian adult, pleaded he was elsewhere (5) - ALIBI Anno pending (Anagram of AB(Jack) + IL(the italian) +I(adult?) ??)
15 - ADC set without a dollar to form camp for a trainee (5) - CADET(-s)*
17 - Release payment to the Stygian ferryman (9) - DISCHARGE [CD]
19 - Fresh actors go to the French city (9) - {NEW}{CAST}{LE}
21 - Receive stolen goods to keep around trees (5) - RESET* Never knew this meaning, see the link
23 - Indian corn (5) - MAIZE [E]
24 - Where fighting soldiers may be found doing nothing (8) - {IN}{ACTION}
27 - Lace she ordered in London (7) - CHELSEA*
28 - Remarkably not a river in Spain but a lake in America (7) - {ONT*}{A}{RIO}
29 - She lives in Los Angeles (4) - L{IS}A
30 - Courage and audacity needed in the traffic jam? (10) - {BOTTLE}{NECK} What's the link between Bottle and Courage?
DOWN
1 - Pull it over someone’s eyes to hoodwink (4) - WOOL [E]
2 - Possibly she need to have glistered brightly to appear beautiful (7) - SHE{ENED*}
3 - Children are the point in question (5) - ISSUE [DD]
4 - Was commended for having deferred payment (3,6) - GOT CREDIT [DD]
5 - Again find oil spilt in a small room (5) - O{R}I{E}L* I thought ORIEL was a window?
7 - Great to be in a Morocco city (7) - TANGIER*
8 - Leaders of quiet householders? (10) - {P}RESIDENTS
11 - Company to reach out for a professional trainer (7) - {CO}ACHER*
14 - A cost effective way to make the cinema cool? (10) - ECONOMICAL*
16 - Plants that bother beginners (7) - TEASE{L'S}
18 - Takes care of, when one ushers the sailor to the door (4,5) - {SEES} {AB}{OUT}
20 - They serve people in a queue? (7) - WAITERS [DD]
22 - Cat that’s an awful nuisance (7) - SCOURGE [DD]
24 - One had nothing to do in this American state (5) - {I}{DAH*}{O}
25 - It is in the Church’s financial interest (5) - T{IT}HE
26 - Pop or wine? (4) - HOCK [DD]
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