<xsl:template name="fillcell">
  <xsl:apply-templates/>
  <xsl:if test="not(string())">&#160;</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="cell">
  <td>
    <xsl:call-template name="fillcell"/>
  </td>
</xsl:template>

Cheers,
W

Both the earlier suggestions are good....

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