No 9553, Monday, 08 Jun 09, Sankalak

An easy start for a Monday, learnt some new words
ACROSS
 1 - Primate may have a meal packed in fruit (5,3) - GR{EAT} APE
 5 - Unchanging kind of disturbance in radio reception (6) - STATIC [DD]
10 - Material from Betul left inside (5) - TULLE [T]
11 - Pest causes awful rock in carriage (9) - CO{CKRO*}ACH Have you noticed that whenever you try to hit a cockroach with a slipper it runs the other way making you miss it!
12 - A pistol (American) carried by beautiful girl for a board game (9) - B{A}{GAT}ELLE Do kids still play this game nowadays? Remember playing it as a kid, hardly any skills needed to play it though.
13 - American state for which I had strange love (5) - I{DAH*}{O}
14 - Rate of progress reversed in a place far below the surface of the sea (5) - DEEPS<- )
16 - Stress may twist Mae’s hips (8) - EMPHASIS*
18 - Revolutionary performer who prepares for publication (8) - {RED}{ACTOR} New word for me
20 - Midget causes conflict between daughter and father initially (5) - D{WAR}F
24 - For the time being, nobody accepts musical key (5) - NON{C}E
25 - The apparent worth of appearance? (4,5) - FACE VALUE [CD]
27 - He helps one to get rid of spirits (9) - EXORCISER [CD]
28 - Gulps as may be taken by grand snakes (5) - {G}{ASPS}
29 - The part of urban area away from the centre of city, Agra perhaps (6) - {UP}{TOWN}
30 - Toothless creatures bid old English PM goodbye (8) - {EDEN}{TATA}
DOWN
 1 - Received order on first of December to retire (2,2,3) - {GO T}{O BE}{D}
 2 - Clue: Ego suffers in pastoral poem (7) - ECLOGUE*
 3 - Bird sound, small between times (5) - T{WEE}T
 4 - Select the French in a predicament (6) - {PICK}{LE}
 6 - Defamed sailor, back at home, dropped (9) - {TAR}{NI<-}{SHED}
7 - They get soaked in pot maybe (3,4) - TEA BAGS [CD]
8 - Accountant sounds the horn in collusion (7) - {CA}{HOOTS}
 9 - Shouts from the elite on board (7) - S{CREAM}S
15 - Kamadhenu, say, a venerated institution (6,3) - SACRED COW [CD]
17 - Carbon on an igniter may cause bewilderment (7) - {C}{ON}{FUSE}
18 - A musical form that our dean composed (7) - RONDEAU*
19 - What one could do if there is no food at home? (4,3) - DINE OUT [CD]
21 - Alas, pa, I suffer from congenital malformation (7) - APLASIA*
22 - Flowering plant that liberates gets excellent return (7) - FREES{IA<-}
23 - Afraid of anxiety in South Dakota (6) - S{CARE}D
26 - Strictly no animal products for him (5) - VEGAN [CD]