No 10301, Saturday 05 Nov 11, Sankalak

ACROSS

1   - Sweet plate apt to crack right inside (5,4) - APPLE TART {APPLE TA{R}T*}

5   - Orally permitted to be audible (5) - ALOUD (~allowed)

8   - Call, in a match, to make things visible (5,3) - BRING OUT [DD] (Addendum - {B{RING} OUT} - See comments)

9   - Valuable things, when followed by six games (6) - ASSETS {AS}{SETS}

11 - End of daylight in mid-day? Unacceptable (3,2) - NOT ON {NO{T} ON}

12 - A seat for the vocal EC presiding officer (4,5) - EASY CHAIR (~ec){EASY} {CHAIR}

13 - Aristotle, let off, turned tense (6) - AORIST {ARISTOtle}*

14 - Confusion caused by sari torn in cart (8) - DISARRAY {D{ISAR*}RAY}

16 - In flight, song is tolerated (8) - AIRBORNE {AIR}{BORNE}

18 - Joined together (like digits) but weakened after onset of winter (6) - WEBBED {W}{EBBED}

22 - Product of a nut, lad on limo cracked (6,3) - ALMOND OIL*

23 - Bloomer seen in the return of unknown photo (5) - PANSY {PANS<-}{Y}

24 - Organ with a cross, it may block sound reception (6) - EAR WAX {EAR} {W}{A}{X}

25 - Sickening, though said to be cultivated, a bit (8) - GRUESOME (~grew){GRUE}{SOME}

26 - In retrospect, girl is a strainer (5) - SIEVE {SI}{EVE}<-

27 - Clean arts, developed or inherited? (9) - ANCESTRAL*

DOWN

1   - Capone encountering Indian merchant in the Balkans (7) - ALBANIA {AL}{BANIA}

2   - Gun dog comes to a full stop with hesitation (7) - POINTER {POINT}{ER}

3   - Sporting event that, in confusion, gorgons end apace (3,3,5,4) - EGG AND SPOON RACE*

4   - Keen insight shown in a prompt cut short by people (6) - ACUMEN {A}{CUt}{MEN} (Addendum - {A}{CUe}{MEN} - See comments}

5   - News agency connected with print media (10,5) - ASSOCIATED PRESS {ASSOCIATED} {PRESS}

6   - Not good for intra-mural activity! (4,3) - OPEN AIR [CD]

7   - The French make an effort to suppress love and put an end to it (7) - DESTROY {DES}{TR{O}Y}

10 - Direction to musicians given by Petrossi anonymously (5) - OSSIA [T]

15 - The nose of a knight, covered in coal dust (5) - SNOOT {S{N}OOT}

16 - Film about Austrian composer made in USA, curiously (7) - AMADEUS {A{MADE}US*}

17 - Regret shown by Engineer over code-maker (7) - REMORSE {RE}{MORSE}

19 - Good evening for boors in transit (3,4) - BON SOIR* Enumeration should have been (7)

20 - Source of power in dreary digs in jail (3,4) - DRY CELL {DRY} {CELL}

21 - Man of religion, office worker ditches knight, getting in charge (6) - CLERIC {CLERk}{IC}

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