No 9613, Monday, 17 Aug 09, Sankalak

ACROSS
1 - A small role, baronet accepts it quietly (3-4) - B{IT}-{P}ART
5 - Flower that was a waste in half of Mumbai of old (7) - B{LOSS}OM(-bay)
9 - Security device that needs a head for numbers perhaps (11,4) - COMBINATION LOCK [CD]
10 - Pettifogger going into a revamped anthology (6) - PEDANT [T]
11 - A bad-tempered woman — is Rani, hard to change (8) - HARRIDAN*
13 - Sailing last in convoy, playing a part around harbour (8) - {Y}{AC{H}TING}
15 - Money, in a reversal, makes for hatred (6) - {A}{NI}{MUS}<- )
18 - Nudity turns messy (6) - UNTIDY*
19 - An American prosecutor holds a prisoner, a snake (8) - {AN{A}{CON}DA}
22 - Allowance, a pound, is based on logic (8) - {RATION}{A}{L}
24 - People known to all (6) - PUBLIC [DD]
27 - Occurring in the same time is a monster on cue, wandering around post office (15) - CONTEM{PO}RANEOUS
28 - Old Roman senator, one involved in diplomacy (American) (7) - TAC{I}T{US}
29 - Appeased everyone? Yes, Penny (7) - {ALL}{AYE}{D}
DOWN
1 - Salary in arrears (4,3) - BACK PAY [E]
2 - Swollen stomach — girl upset (5) - {TUM}{ID<-} )
3 - Turned off by a foreign date failing (9) - ALIEN{ATED*}
4 - Refreshing drink, large, for a duck (4) - {TEA}{L}
5 - Powerful Turcoman, born in the morning, gulped air (6) - {B}{AIR}{AM}
6 - He has something to call his (5) - OWNER [E]
7 - One who wields a weapon with a singular expression, small chap (9) - {S}{WORD}{S}{MAN}
8 - The things needed for producing blended gin? Ask master (7) - {M}AKINGS*
12 - A city in America, no matter which (3) - {A}{NY}
14 - In a stupor, Tom gets a medicine (9) - {CAT}{A}{TONIC}
16 - Carbon become aluminium? After negative start? Happening in the night? (9) - {NO}{C}{TURN}{AL}
17 - Number dear to an egoist (3) - ONE [CD]
18 - Place in Europe that distorted truth about EC (7) - UTR{EC}HT*
20 - One in the dock (7) - ACCUSED [E]
21 - Grassy plains in South America (6) - PAMPAS [E]
23 - Unconcealed and finished on time (5) - OVER{T}
25 - Crazy old ploy thwarted (5) - L{O}OPY*
26 - Fertilizer from a secure agricultural facility (4) - UREA [T]