No 9528, Saturday, 09 May 09, Nita Jaggi

Sorry folks, could not post yesterday as my BSNL Broadband connection was on the blink, got set right late last night or early this morning. Anyway here is todays CW and don't ask me for any explanations as quite a few of the annotations simply elude me. No links being added as I have to rush off to the temple as it's my Pearl wedding anniversary cheerio ...
ACROSS
1 - Notes around this are scattered (5) - {C}HITS*
4 - Try losing heart after an alibi is confused by one’s aptitude (7) - ABILI*{T(-r)Y}
10 - Look closely around the worker in a special closet (6) - P{ANT}RY
11 - Secret meeting of the party is left inside the shelter (8) - CON{C{L}AVE}
13 - End of a dynasty in capital authority has gone complicated with the complex material (8) - GL{Y}C{OGEN*} GLC - Capital authority?
14 - Turned the car thrice in the depression (6) - CRA<-{TER}
16 - Cut off the crown and the root sound (4) - {T(-he)}{OOT}
17 - Secret operation in the lane (4,6) - BACK STREET [CD]
20 - Dealer has one broken loop inside the holy book (10) - BIBL{I}{OPOL*}E
21 - Mark of sickness (4) - AGUE [DD]
24 - Orderly way to twist a tale in New York (6) - N{EATL*}Y
26 - Spring period in MMIV? (4,4) - LEAP YEAR [CD]
28 - Test version put on a letter (8) - {ALPHA}{BET}(-a)
29 - Soldier has to let off the jacket (6) - {TA}T{TLE*} ???
30 - Researcher’s strategy leading to nowhere (4,3) - DEAD END ?
31 - Bring about a lot of growth (5) - REARS [CD]
DOWN
2 - Structure of a house for Edward in New York City has no mark of the beast (9) - HO{N{E}YC}OMB ???
3 - Emotion spread by militant groups (6) - TERROR [CD]
5 - Spot an exposed piece (4) - BLOT ?
6 - Large city to create a form of irregular edges (8) - {LA}{CERATE*}
7 - Nature of one’s personality (5) - TRAIT [CD]
8 - Pole I obtained for the valve to control the flow (6) - {S}P{I}{GOT} P from ?
9 - City has a large tribe covering the upper class (6) - BEIR{U}T*
12 - Runs away from the French cases of the politicians (7) - {DE}CA{MPS}
15 - Ability to put an alien on the spider (7) - {SKILL}{ET}
18 - Helicopter device (9) - EGGBEATER ?
19 - Note for one to arrive to mark on the cue table (8) - {BILL}{I}{AR}D ?
20 - Plant from a Lisbon sailor (6) - BONSAI [T]
22 - Don’t start with the trainee labourer (6) - (l)EARNER
23 - Streamline in court the notice taken up for half of the team (6) - {UP}{DA<-}TE(-am)
25 - After the first mark on the fruit (5) - {A}PPLE ?
27 - Leader in the afternoon is inside the study (4) - DE{A}N

No 9526, Thursday, 07 May 09, Nita Jaggi

Bad day today I am left with 1 unsolved :-( my brain just refuses to function today.
ACROSS
1 - Direct explanation for the location of the missing part (5-5) - FOUND BLANK [CD] (Correction - POINT BLANK)
9 - Heartless Ian to comment about the gas colour (6) - {I(-a)N}{DIG}{O}
10 - Resign oneself to God’s control (10) - SUBMISSION [CD]
11 - Intend to study the book in the capital of England (6) - {DEN}{OT}{E}
12 - Many people afterwards arrived at the mythical castle (7) - {CAME}{LOT}
16 - An officer is a supporter of the snake-eater (5) - {CO}{BRA}
17 - Not widely known (4) - RARE [CD]
18 - Soundly look over at the time piece (5) - WATCH [CD] Why soundly?
19 - New, French woman is upset (5) - {FR}{ESH*}
20 - Kind of a written document (4) - FORM [DD]
21 - First to assault an expert in Norway around a paved surface (5) - {A}{PRO}{N}
22 - Very wide black way for the queen (7) - {B}{ROAD}{ER}
27 - Champion can decide for an Asian to take a risk (6) - {CH}{ANC*}{E}
29 - Recall one’s memory for a change (10) - REFRESHING [DD]
30 - Sign up with the large line on the street (6) - {ENLI*}{ST}
31 - Noisy disturbance on the water craft by a seaman to go to a toilet (10) - {HULL}{AB}{A}{LOO}
DOWN
2 - So rings up on return from work (4) - {O{PU<-}S<-}
3 - Moving with ease, doctor is swallowed in the long river (6) - {NI{MB}LE}
4 - Two in Turkey at the round restaurant (6) - {BI}S{TR}{O} S from?
5 - Almost all that is new is not familiar (5) - {ALL(-l)}{IE}{N}
6 - Characteristics of a family on the borders of Dallas city (5) - {KIN}{D(-alla)S}
7 - Lead man brought up discussing about the everlasting cracker (5,5) - ?I?O? B?E?D (Addendum - PILOT BREAD for explanation see comments below)
8 - Foreign office is wrong to be after her ancestor (10) - {FO}{REFAT*}{HER}
12 - Pilot officer to observe holding Charles with the woman (3,7) - {CO}{W {C}ATCH}{ER} Imagine calling the Queen the woman!!!
13 - A rally item has been developed in a certain manner (10) - MATERIALLY*
14 - Large group of circus people, overheard (5) - TROOP (~troupe)
15 - Small quantity of squash when doctor takes it for the woman endlessly (5) - {CRU(-sh)}{MB}
23 - Artist catches a large seed of a plant (6) - R{ESED*}A
24 - Examination on maths conducted for a breathing problem (6) - {ASTHM*}{A}
25 - Gym in the arty opening of hub city in Australia (5) - {PE}{RT(~arty)}{H}
26 - Very bad law constructed around the France University (5) - AW{FU}L*
28 - Extraordinary peacekeepers of the company (4) - {UN}{CO} ?