No 2583, Sunday May 10

ACROSS
1   - Type of music from the South side (5) - {S}{WING}
4   - King in America meeting important stars (4,5) - {U{R}SA} {MAJOR}

9   - Amputation scare turned out to be much ado about nothing (1,5,2,1,6) - A STORM IN A TEACUP*
10 - Tell untruths about e.g. praise, reportedly for a feudal superior (5,4) - {LI{EG}E} {LORD}(~laud)
11 - Son's term for a weapon (5) - {S}{WORD}
12 - Training out in it abroad (7) - TUITION*
14 - Royal Marines, first-rate, captivated by sea siren (7) - {ME{RM}{AI}D}
16 - One of us behind bars beginning to reform (7) - {INSIDE}{R}
18 - Arrived at film studio to make a musical (7) - {CAME}{LOT}
19 - Tree evident in Colorado ski resort (5) - ASPEN [DD]

20 - Blockhouse's value in a Texas city (4,5) - {FORT} {WORTH}
22 - Novel's fantastic a poet's said again (1,7,2,5) - A PASSAGE TO INDIA*
23 - Cry, cut biting fruit (4,1,4) - {SHE{D A TE}AR}
24 - Some process engineering in German industrial city (5) - ESSEN [T]
DOWN
1   - Italian composer exposed in trial, acts strangely (9) - SCARLATTI*
2   - At the start, leading article's suppressed (2,3,5,5) - IN THE FIRST PLACE
3   - Golfer's opener - Rose possibly in the furze (5) - {G}{ORSE*}

4   - A French counterfeit coin carrying head of Richelieu and a mythical animal (7) - {UN}{ICO{R}N*}

5   - Mad sort, eccentric achieving fame (7) - STARDOM*
6   - Distinguished conductor describing Latin mass in turmoil (9) - {MAE{L}STRO}{M}

7   - A daft joker's call upset handyman (4,2,3,6) - JACK OF ALL TRADES*
8   - Swift attack round centre of Tripoli (5) - RA{P}ID
13 - Ones imprisoned by one country or another (9) - IND{ONES}IA

15 - Wife and child avoiding one in farm building (5,4) - {DUTCH} {BA(-i)RN}

17 - Free of jungle yet? Every second counts for displaced person (7) - {R}{E}{F}{U}{G}{E}{E}
18 - Artist in court worried guardian (7) - {CU{RA}TOR*}
19 - Collect a million as head of security (5) - {A}{M}{AS}{S}
21 - Chess player with involved ending in game (5) - {WHIT*}{E}

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No 9831, Saturday 01 May 10, Sankalak

ACROSS
1   - Dishonest behaviour, certainly not comedians' trade (5,8) - FUNNY BUSINESS
10 - Cold and aloof humour, hot attraction in the north (9) - {WITH}{DRAW}{N}(Correction - {WIT}{H}{DRAW}{N} )
11 - Piece of music from a player on downhill run (5) - RONDO [T]
12 - Behind time in a way, in the outskirts of Tilbury (5) - T{A}{RD}Y
13 - Name an action document, a legal one (5,4) - {TITLE} {DEED}
14 - Something for the smoker or a loose woman, say (6) - HOOKAH(~hooker)

16 - Moan about conservative Korea accepting accusation initially (5) - {C}{RO{A}K}
19 - What a job seeker must — be suitable (5) - APPLY [DD]
20 - Strange destiny of a small number of shares (3,3) - {ODD} {LOT}
25 - Very old and primitive dame alive to change (9) - MEDIAEVAL*
26 - The range of a train to New Dehi (express) skirting famous university (5) - G{AMU}T I remember travelling on the GT Express from Chennai to Delhi in the 50's, used to take almost 3 days I think. The first class cubicles had attached toilets!!
27 - It enables the police to make a charge (5) - LATHI [CD]

28 - Severely criticise one held in players entrance (9) - {CAST}{I}{GATE}
29 - Breaking into pieces an ornament, a gift trashed (13) - FRAGMENTATION*
DOWN
2   - Such a motive is not what it appears to be (8) - ULTERIOR [CD]
3   - A pet name for a donkey (5) - NODDY [E]
4   - Skin-deep may be, but it has its appeal (6) - BEAUTY [CD]
5   - Southern Railway admits girl is clean (8) - {S}{ANITA}{RY}
6   - Child-minder would sure mind a distraction (9) - NURSEMAID*
7   - Musician who could burn the capital of Romania (6) - SINGE{R}
8   - A change for a singular, wicked old woman (6) - {S}{WITCH}
9   - Drink for a man of religion, kept in a plaything (5) - TO{DD}Y Ever tried Toddy in the evening, Oooooh what a stink.
15 - Asking the umpire can be fascinating (9) - APPEALING [DD]
17 - Bone, large cervical variety with no trace of rot (8) - C{L}AVICLE(r)*

18 - Fruit container with nothing but graphite (8) - {PLUM}{BAG}{O}
21 - Sway with one who adds up (6) - TOTTER [DD]
22 - Got a whiff of freshwater fish (5) - SMELT [DD]

23 - Moneylender gets rid of councillor for journalist (6) - (cr)EDITOR
24 - Where may one misplace something in an American state? A cupboard (6) - C{LOSE}T
26 - Ground grain, to the mill it is something useful (5) - GRIST [DD]

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