No 9616, Thursday, 20 Aug 09, Nita Jaggi

ACROSS
2 - Device held by the woman choreographer (6) - ANCHOR [T]
7 - Friend holds the corner of the casket covering (4) - {PAL}{L}
9 - Accepted an extra large English member (4) - A{XL}{E}
10 - Kind of connection one has with an ancestor (5,8) - BLOOD RELATION [CD]
12 - Preset option for the flu date is given out (7) - DEFAULT*
13 - Tribe will exist in the same union regularly (7) - {BE}{DO}{U}{I}{N} BE DO will exist !!
15 - Secular poem for a chieftain (4) - {LAI}{C}
17 - Alternately chain an old English boat (5) - {C}{A}{N}{O}{E}
18 - Father, for instance is back with an attendant (4) - {PA}{GE<-} )
19 - A horse-drawn military vehicle (7) - CAISSON [E]
21 - Labourer in Peru partly has antiques (7) - {PE}{ASANT}
23 - Clued robotics in the form of a word game (6,7) - DOUBLE CROSTIC*
27 - Have supper back in town (4) - ENID<- )
28 - Old boy has an old Etonian instrument (4) - {OB}{O}{E}
29 - Is heartless pal at ease born with a bad temper? (6) - {S}{P(-a)L}{EEN<-} )
DOWN
1 - Play in water with an expert lawyer in the capital of Egypt (6) - {DA}{BBL}{E} ?
2 - So, can we somehow follow all the permits? (10) - {ALL}OWANCES*
3 - Small paper found in each advertisement (4) - CHAD [T] New word for me
4 - Gradually pass the messy substance (4) - OOZE [CD]
5 - Father is learning a language (4) - {PA}{L}{I}
6 - Second, inexperienced driver is in making noise at midnight about the dazzling light (8) - {B}{L}{IN}{DIN}{G}
8 - Sign of a tiny quantity (5) - PEACE (~piece) (Second thoughts - Maybe TRACE also)
11 - Teach new skills on the rough terrain (7) - RETRAIN*
13 - Circuit point inside the bridge is a mistake (7) - B{LOOP}{E}R
14 - Party put up against the one in power (10) - OPPOSITION [DD]
16 - Giving off a prize to a child playing at the beginning of a game (8) - {A}{WARD}{IN}{G}
20 - Worker in the cargo ship (5) - OILER [DD]
22 - No cash distributed for the chips (6) - NACHOS*
24 - Language of the camp, literally (4) - URDU [CD]
25 - Fragment of a wooden float (4) - CHIP [CD]
26 - River around America is in the East (4) - {O}{US}{E}