No 10091, Wednesday 02 Mar 11, Nita Jaggi

ACROSS
8   - Fulfilling the needs of one's own desires, maybe (4,10) - SELF INDULGENCE [CD]
9   - Makes copies of the furnaces (6) - FORGES [DD]
10 - Kind of an open letter (8) - POSTCARD [CD]
11 - Soundly support the following team in an army jail (8) - {STOCK}{ADE}(~aid)
13 - Murphy's first small circular current of liquids (6) - {EDDIE}{S}
14 - Universal brand displayed in an African city (6) - {D{U}RBAN*}
16 - God of the Nile has no English title in Iceland (6) - {O}{SIR}{IS}
19 - Girl applies lip solvent (6) - {MEG}{ILP*}
21 - Storage vessels have top removed of the moth repellent for odd apes (8) - {cAMPHOR}{ApEs}

23 - Not a duplicate one (8) - ORIGINAL [E]
24 - Intrude upon popular Dave is shocking (6) - {IN}{VADE*}
26 - Not good enough for settling us in at the small foundry (14) - {UNSATI*}{S}{FACTORY}
DOWN
1   - Protected the key letters of a plan to read out at midday (8) - {ESC}{ORTEDa*} 
2   - Block the publicity (4) - PLUG [DD]
3   - First-class party has no sign of revellers in front (6) - FIESTA  Anno pending
4   - Customised a cushion set-up for Edward (7) - {A}{DAP<-}{TED}
5   - Curls set differently for star groups (8) - CLUSTERS*
6   - A crime doer settles in the mountain range (10) - MERCEDARIO* Mercedario is the highest peak of the Cordillera de la Ramada range and not a range as shown in the clue
7   - Add up the bill in the register finally for you to check in between (6) - {ACC}{R}{U}{E}
12 - Heart disorders maybe traced by this method (10) - CARDIOGRAM [CD]
15 - Add nine to the schedule (8) - {APPEND}{IX}
17 - Substitutes in a cricket team (8) - STANDBYS [E]
18 - Suffer defeat wide of the mark at a lower position (4,3) - {FALL} {OFF}
20 - Straying ringleader is in for a long stretch with the scriptures (6) - E{R}RING Anno pending (Addendum - {ER{R}A}{NT} - See comments)
22 - King's issue will engrave most of the church (6) - {PRINt}{CE}
25 - Old instrument, a symbol of modesty is missing in Egypt (4) - {VeI{O}L} O from Old?

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No 10090, Tuesday 01 Mar 11, Nita Jaggi

ACROSS
1   - They may put one under the knife (8) - SURGEONS [CD]
5   - Exploited an American editor (4) - {US}{ED}
9   - Two harm the caught monarch for a German statesman (8) - {BIS}{MAR}{C}{K}
10 - Tyrannical leader of the French kitty (6) - {DE}{SPOT} Kitty & Spot ! (Addendum - {DES}{POT} - See comments)

12 - Some familiar hip bones (4) - ILIA [T]

13 - One half of the earth edge is in Portugal over here (10) - {HEM}{IS}{P}{HERE}
15 - An illusionary feat put up by a magician (9,5) - CONJURING TRICK [CD]
17 - Selecting the course of action in the last month by an intelligence agency on marketing out three products (8,6) - {DEC}{ISI}{ON} {MArKetING} What kind of products are 'R', 'E' and 'T' ?
21 - What beliefs schools usually do preach? (10) - IDEOLOGIES [CD]
22 - Dine over the sea fish (4) - {S{C}UP}

25 - Permit three in a scrabble unit (6) - {LET}{TER}
26 - Court official is in dialogue with the worker (8) - {LINES}{MAN}
27 - Topless lady has a magical glow (4) - lAURA
28 - Disturbs a girl mostly in a state of confusion (8) - {A}{GIrl}{TATES*}
DOWN
1   - Make a statement to obey the rule (6) - SUBMIT [DD]
2   - Hindu sage is endlessly at risk at the borders of Helsinki (5) - {RISk}{H}{I}
3   - Old morning test (4) - {EX}{AM}
4   - Uncle resides in a ranch primarily with this kind of family (7) - {NUCLE*}{A}{R}

SEE THIS CARTOON

6   - Win every game for interest in this form of gambling (10) - {SWEEPS}{TAKE}
7   - This may occur due to the over consumption of natural resources (9) - DEPLETION [CD]
8   - Not reflecting light on the ring surface, overhead (5) - MATTE(~mat)
11 - Bank holding the customer with determination (4) - cLIENt
14 - Many mere isles just in front of the lake (10) - {I(J)SSELMEER*} Thanks to Google
16 - Outstanding short race for the players (9) - ORCHESTRA*
18 - Gory kind of wild revelry (4) - ORGY*

SEE THIS CARTOON

19 - Contact the union (7) - MEETING [DD]
20 - Lays out small coolers over the first doorstep (6) - {S}{PEN{D}S}
21 - Line drawn at the junction on the dock site (5) - {INLE*}{T}
23 - Streaker seen at night will approach a territory in front (5) - {COME}{T}
24 - All in the recipe direction (4) - NETT ? Anno pending (Addendum - BEAT [DD] - See comments)

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