N0 2691, Sunday 17 Jun 12

ACROSS
1   - Provider of children's entertainment, TV on leave (4-2-3-3)  - JACK-IN-THE-BOX JACK-IN-THE-{BOX} Anno pending (Addendum - {JACK-IN}-{THE-BOX} - See comments)
9   - Ascot's winning margin? Short row follows (7)  - NECKTIE {NECK}{TIEr}

10 - Mummy's boy, reportedly depressed when the day is done (7)  - SUNDOWN (~son){SUN}{DOWN}
11 - Jumper next to mine in shabby cinema (7)  - FLEAPIT {FLEA}{PIT}
12 - Theatrical company to improve further performance (7)  - REPRISE [DD?]
13 - Escaped in cab, sodden, unfortunately (9)  - ABSCONDED*
15 - Project involving small fair (4)  - JUST {JU{S}T}
17 - Homestead a long way away? Miles (4)  - FARM {FAR}{M}
18 - Former PM leading workers in county (9)  - NORTHANTS {NORTH}{ANTS}
19 - Body of troops ordered to carry equipment (7)  - BRIGADE {B{RIG}ADE}
21 - Surprisingly large one, a country in Africa (7)  - ALGERIA {LARGE}*{1}{A}

22 - Film director down in Italy (7)  - FELLINI {FELL}{IN}{I}
23 - Locks in fortress, essential (7)  - TRESSES [T]
24 - Working with responsibility in a successful business (5,7)  -  GOING CONCERN {GOING} {CONCERN}
DOWN
1   - Psychologist married German woman in the Bernese Alps (8)  - JUNGFRAU {JUNG}{FRAU}
2   - Dogs may be spooked reckons special (6,8)  - COCKER SPANIELS*

3   - At home, spinner for Middlesex initially playing his best (2,3,4)  - IN TOP FORM {IN} {TOP} {FOR}{M}
4   - Newspaper job? (5)  - THEFT {THE}{FT} My COD
5   - Undemanding jockey in film (4,5)  - EASY RIDER {EASY}{RIDER}

6   - Have, in an excited state, to confess (3,2)  - OWN UP {OWN} {UP}
7   - Beginning to realise Doctor No is no obscure novel? (8,6)  - ROBINSON CRUSOE {R}{NO+IS+NO+OBSCURE}*
8   - Girl, extremely drunk, dropping CD (4)  - ANNE cANNEd
14 - Ground in lane with odd weed (9)  - DANDELION {IN+LANE+ODD}*

15 - Astronaut, first from Georgia, hugged by Beatle on leaving (4,5)  - JOHN GLENN {JOHN {G}LENNon}

16 - Hit man in SAS twice, unwisely (8)  - ASSASSIN {IN+SAS+SAS}*
19 - Polish fan (4)  - BUFF [DD]
20 - I depart after American friend (5)  - AMIGO {AM}{I}{GO}
21 - Classically elegant upper room (5) - ATTIC [DD]

No 10491, Saturday 16 Jun 12, Sankalak

ACROSS

1   - White stone recovered from blast area (9) - ALABASTER*

5   - Carrying a weapon — a part of regular medieval practice (5) - ARMED [T]

8   - Dirt CIA stirred up around a sea (8) - ADRIATIC*

9   - Germanic people who settled in England's corners (6) - ANGLES [DD]

11 - Hills, grayish brown with traces of ersatz silica (5) - DUNES {DUN}{E}{S}

12 - Pleasant to reach a joint decision, with the needed knowledge (9) - AGREEABLE {AGREE}{ABLE}

13 - Injury caused to lady carrying silver (6) - DAMAGE {DAM{AG}E}

14 - Came into view, acted like a monkey with fruit (8) - APPEARED {AP{PEAR}ED}

16 - Loud noises made by one mentioned last in empty class (8) - CLATTERS {Clas{LATTER}S}

18 - Events of the past represented through good unity (6) - BYGONE {BY}{G}{ONE}

22 - Unable to get up (9) - BEDRIDDEN [E]

23 - For peacekeepers, what is owed is excessive (5) - UNDUE {UN}{DUE}

24 - Sometimes it is worse than the disease (6) - REMEDY [CD]

25 - A no-good point turns out to be so painful (8) - POIGNANT {A+N+G+POINT}*

26 - Chinese secret society beginning action in Pacific state (5) - TONGA {TONG}{A}

27 - Illness identified, dandies go berserk (9) - DIAGNOSED*

DOWN

1   - One killed in battle reportedly and given an honour (7) - AWARDED (~a war dead)

2   - NATO, say, a word coined by a friend in America (7) - ACRONYM {A{CRONY}M}

3   - Book a ticket for visiting our land? (1,7,2,5) - A PASSAGE TO INDIA {A} {PAASAGE TO} {INDIA}

4   - A drop of blood included in test for a member of a race (6) - TRIBAL {TRI{B}AL}

5   - 1950 film showing genuine yoga turn differently (5,3,4,3) - ANNIE GET YOUR GUN*

6   - Girl confronts restriction in old district of Madras (7) - MALABAR {MALA}{BAR}

7   - Swell up, as detective officers are likely to (7) - DISTEND {DI'S}{TEND}

10 - Good, mature complaint (5) - GRIPE {G}{RIPE}

15 - Goody two-shoes beginning to prove uncivil (5) - PRUDE {P}{RUDE}

16 - Tom is about to reveal all in entertainment (7) - CABARET {CA{BARE}T}

17 - Part of the body that has turned bad — a sign (7) - ABDOMEN {BAD*}{OMEN}

19 - Gold transactions are painful experiences (7) - ORDEALS {OR}{DEALS}

20 - Built as per decree team-leader reinterpreted (7) - ERECTED {DECREE+T}*

21 - A voluntary body the French found in African state (6) - ANGOLA {A}{NGO}{LA}

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