No 9520, Thursday, 30 Apr 09, Sankalak

Another easy outing building up towards a tough weekend I suppose
ACROSS
 1 - Is Longman scared off by one who loves to gossip? (13) - SCANDALMONGER*
10 - Prosperity of a dealer in stolen goods carrying infection (9) - AF{FLU}ENCE Appropriate with the Swine flu going around nowadays
11 - Bit of a rare curiosity that may happen again (5) - RECUR [T]
12 - Invitees give up time to make an inference (5) - GUES(-t)S
13 - Specialist in one sense, would love to record Indian time (9) - {OTO}{LOG}{IST}
14 - Girl in outskirts of Trinidad is browned (6) - T{ANNE}D
16 - Very pale cover for four or six (5) - L{IV}ID
19 - Archer’s weapon that is a kind of knife (5) - BOW{IE}
20 - Snake encircles general in slumber (6) - AS{LEE}P
25 - Remarkable things bring, for men, a new hope perhaps (9) - PHENOMENA*
26 - Look, American English from a mean chap! (5) - {LO}{US}{E}
27 - An hour after midnight in Michigan? No, in Florida (5) - M{IAM}I
28 - What smoking may turn out to be (9) - ADDICTIVE [CD]
29 - Going easy with some mild cycling (4-9) - SOFT PEDALLING [CD]
DOWN
 2 - What is it in it in tea that may make it 28? (8) - CAFFEINE [CD]
 3 - In grammar, they may be proper (5) - NOUNS [CD]
 4 - Embryonic cover seen back in Locarno in mammals (6) - AMNION<- [T]
 5 - An aid to memory that married men coin (8) - MNEMONIC*
 6 - Illegal drugs found in North Arcot by old civilians (9) - {N}{ARCOT}{ICS}
 7 - He made geometry somehow lucid, after end of muddle (6) - {E}UCLID*
 8 - Tom’s contribution to the strings in the orchestra? (6) - CATGUT [CD] Has nothing to do with cats though!!
 9 - Beginning today, compassion is a proven fact (5) - T{RUTH}
15 - An expert maybe but he need not necessarily advocate thrift (9) - ECONOMIST [CD] Amartya Sen for one
17 - Able to read and write but tardy about strange rite (8) - L{ITER*}ATE
18 - Mistaken belief, one of those associated with grandeur (8) - DELUSION [CD]
21 - Kitchen device for old English leader with queen’s support (6) - {PEEL}{ER}
22 - Resort to litigation involving post master, fume and froth (5) - SPUME* (sue+pm)
23 - Smooth and flowing bit of music gets support at start of orchestration (6) - {LEG}{AT}{O}
24 - A girl among students and radicals (6) - SANDRA [T]
26 - Neighbourhood watering hole (5) - LOCAL [CD]