No 9847, Thursday 20 May 10, Gridman

Across
1   - Such a sketch doesn’t have flesh and blood (8) - SKELETAL [DD]
5   - Pieceworker, Jack, old boy, gets some numbers (6) - {J}{OB}{BER}
9   - Gun put in hold, our sailors lost in the boat races (7) - {RE{GAT}TAin} Our sailors = IN = Indian Navy
10 - Stubborn person overwhelms females with red scarf (7) - {MU{FF}LE}{R}
11 - Sherpa got flustered in a cluster of projectiles (9) - GRAPESHOT*
12 - Is he fit to be a takeaway person? (5) - THIEF*

13 - Among a small number there’s an engineer: one leading a high life (4) - {I{BE}X}

14 - Tucker, for one, sung about weapons (5,4) - {TOMMY} {GUNS*}

17 - Odd, fifty left for new youth leader for a kind of reward (9) - {PECUl(+n)NIAR}{Y}
19 - Perhaps evangelists hold a recess (4) - APSE [T]
23 - Under a false name, briefly (5) - INCOG [CD]
24 - Painter holding a hot section for islanders (9) - {T{A}{H}ITIAN}{S}
25 - Not straightforward, like a crossword clue! (7) - CRYPTIC [CD]
26 - Perm Sue worked out is the best of all (7) - SUPREME*
27 - Don’t outstanding workers take part in these strikes? (3-3) - SIT-INS [CD]
28 - You and me inquisitive — not about a description of an exceptional interest (8) - {US}{cURIOUS}
DOWN
1   - Gasolier refurbished at women’s quarters in palace (8) - SERAGLIO*
2   - Chisel image finally with graven designing (7) - {E}{NGRAVE*}
3   - Specialist gets bay perhaps for a starter (6) - {ENT}{REE}
4   - Isn’t archaic? No, just becoming outmoded (13) - ANACHRONISTIC*
6   - Near-offer about torn tags kept away from public view (3-5) - {OFF-{STAG*}Er}
7   - Bobby’s leader coming up with big money (7) - {BILL}{ION<-}
8   - Become thinned with ugly fare on board (6) - R{AREF*}Y RY and on board? I'm not clear

10 - Transformation brought about by aphorisms to the latter half of them (13) - {ME*}{TAMORPHOSIS*}
15 - Conducting element (8) - TUNGSTEN [E]
16 - Estimate again: to be diverted are ships carrying drug (8) - {REA*}{SS{E}SS}
18 - Variable parking in chaotic centre not completed, put in a code (7) - {ENCR{Y}{P}Te*}
20 - Identify unpleasant smell, but this doesn't make cure possible (7) - {PLACE}{BO}

21 - Endlessly talk about freshwater aquarium fish (6) - DISCUSs

22 - Dazed feeling increased when in shop mostly (6) - {ST{UP}ORe}

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No 9846, Wednesday 19 May 10, Gridman

ACROSS
1   - Girl's training men on safety-first electrical devices (8) - {ADA}{PT}{OR}{S}

6   - A great many development units (4) - LOTS [DD]
9   - Some of the best RAF engineers attack from the air (6) - STRAFE [B]
10 - Mate rejects objection to a kind of washing machine (4-3) - {TWIN} {TUB<-}

13 - Listen secretly: ladies heard to prod weirdly (9) - (~eves)(EAVES}{DROP*}

14 - She will take and revise notes (9) - STENO* Nice clue
15 - What an ivory-poacher may look for (4) - TUSK [CD]

16 - In section, prying police's overlooking one package deliverable by mail (6,4) - {PAR{CEL POSi*}T}
19 - Thin fights over work period (5,5) - NIGHT SHIFT*

21 - Big star Bard's river reflected (4) - NOVA<-
24 - Chekhov the writer, for one (5) - ANTON [E]
25 - Mistake in supervision (9) - OVERSIGHT [DD]
26 - Nil parent puzzled at work (7) - {O}{PERANT*}
27 - Put a couple of letters in search engine for laundry additive (6) - {B{L}{U}ING} I always thought it was just Blue
28 - Perched back on top of kiosk for a difficult job (4) - {TAS<-}{K}
29 - French capitalist? (8) - PARISIAN [CD] Smart
DOWN
2   - Sort of cases District Superintendent involves upstart Evita in (7) - D{ATIVE<-}S New word for me
3   - Party leader to step up for tribute (6) - {P}{RAISE}
4   - Outwit Rev. Horace somehow (9) - OVERREACH*
5   - Pay attention to ab exercise? (3,2) - SIT UP [DD]
7   - Constantly moving, he got no break (2,3,2) - ON THE GO* Nice clue
8   - Not the main business agreements (12) - SUBCONTRACTS [E]
11 - One new single boot part (6) - {I}{N}{SOLE}
12 - Falling into illness but not confined to bed? (7,5) - {GETTING} {A}{BOUT}
17 - Brown's restriction on where you may get a refreshing drink (6,3) - {COFFEE} {BAR}
18 - Poem unit's function variable in appeal (6) - {S{TAN}{Z}A}
20 - Picks up information on gun belonging to the woman (7) - {GAT}{HERS}
22 - Material for The Hindu, say, on Zambia? (7) - {ORGAN}{ZA}
23 - Questions about offspring succeeded (6) - ISSUES [DD] Why succeeded?

25 - Available: old books on Andhra Pradesh (2,3) - {O}{N T}{AP}

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