No 9815, Tuesday 13 Apr 10, Gridman

ACROSS
1   - Approval for Tom's arisen (6-2)  - {THUMBS}-{UP}
6   - Yesterday Parisian youth was excluded from ranking. Roguish! (4) - ARCH Anno pending(Addendum - (-hier)ARCH(-y) - See Suresh's comments below)
9   - Agreed to a snap request? (6)  - SMILED [CD] Nice clue
10 - Aha! Pisa produces speechlessness (7) - APHASIA*
13 - Proverbial worm-catcher (5,4) - EARLY BIRD [E]
14 - Boy backs alien piece of music (5) - {MOT<-}{ET} )
15 - It may be pitched (4) - TENT [CD]
16 - A jail-breaker's way to freedom (6,4) - ESCAPE ROAD [CD]
19 - Engineers come to hug writers in measure for measure (10) - {RE}{COM{PENS}E}
21 - Attractions church discarded are guns (4) - (-ch)ARMS
24 - Ban on cricketer returning with pair (5) - {TAB<-}{OO} )
25 - Heard Australian royal has one latter part of circular (9) - {AU}{R}{I}{(-cir)CULAR}
26 - Scramble plaint described by revamped PEN before time (7) - {EN{CRY}P*}{T}
27 - Pinch each pickpocket (6) - {NIP}{PER}
28 - Rank achieved by palace attendant finally (4) - (-cour)TIER
29 - Group of men on board (5,3) - CHESS SET [E]
DOWN
2   - Batting feat of vandal going around Rome sections (4,3) - H{OME R*}UN
3   - Where, to begin with, my ardent liveries await your arrival (6) - {M}{A}{L}{A}{Y}{A}
4   - It is subordinate to the main business (4,5) - SIDE ISSUE [CD]
5   - Party leader put down Highland cover (5) - {P}{LAID}

7   - Teacher goes north for German dish (7) - {RIS<-}{OTTO} )
8   - Ticker's longing (6,6) - {HEARTS} {DESIRE}
11 - Village tragedy (6) - HAMLET [DD]
12 - Withdraw, exhausted, to a sanctuary (4,1,7) - {BEAT} {A} {RETREAT}
17 - Guarantee SA ruse can be fixed (9) - ASSURANCE*
18 - Incorporate half of them with son, taking in daughter (6) - (-th){EM}{BO{D}Y}
20 - Bedroom in which young boy finds lice crawling (7) - {CUB}{ICLE*}
22 - Take a job over to break the sameness (7) - RELIEVE [DD]
23 - Looks carefully at policeman in session without leader's backing (6) - {S{COP}ES(-sion<-)*} )
25 - Frolic with worker in charge (5) - {ANT}{IC}

Had the pleasure of the company of Suresh for dinner on Sunday HERE are the photo's.

GRID