No 10037, Wednesday 29 Dec 10, M Manna

Off for a round of Golf will be back after lunch.
ACROSS
1   - Sceptically inquire over use of cane (7) - {ASK}{ANCE*}
5   - Spares easterner affected from being falsely accused (7) - ASPERSE*
10 - The French is in agreement for amalgamated trade union for workers (6) - {UN}{IS}{ON} 
11 - A cryptographer's ruse of simply taking initial characters (8) - {A}{C}{R}{O}{S}{T}{I}{C} &lit Brilliant

12 - Colourful fruit (6) - ORANGE [DD]

13 - Kayak in which I once sat crumpled up (8) - CANOEIST* Something amiss here
14 - He arranges the grave stone to be assembled about ten (6) - {SE{X}TON*}
15 - Make an effort for the family (6) - STRAIN [DD]
18 - Poem for a fool returning to Black Sea port (6) - {ODE}{SSA<-}
20 - Swallow a drink I needed (6) - MARTINi

23 - Deep green? (3,5) - SEA GRASS [CD]

25 - Pam with sis moves around everywhere (6) - PASSIM* New word for me
26 - Iron cutback (8) - DECREASE [DD]
27 - How the hours pass when composedly asleep (6) - ELAPSE*
28 - Testifies the way the State designed (7) - ATTE(ST)S*
29 - NE gales blowing around the country (7) - SENEGAL*

DOWN
2   - One's rattled by the artist, a foreign lady (6) - {SENO*}{RA}
3   - They'll agree to allow records of stupid fellow (9) - {ASS}{ENTERS}
4   - Quite happy to deceive over accommodation (7) - {CON}{TENT}
6   - Recoils from psychiatrists (7) - SHRINKS [DD]
7   - English lies to turn her in (5) - {E}{LSIE*}
8   - Women's garment to cover her torso in water (8) - SWIMSUIT [E] Present day swimsuits hardly cover anything!!
9   - His students are taught step by step (7,6) - DANCING MASTER [CD]

16 - Restore control, say (9) - {REIN}{STATE}
17 - He supports a woman in the depression (8) - {A}{D{HER}ENT}
19 - A stoppage a compulsive worker finds very hard (7) - {A}{DAM}{ANT}
21 - Having had enough to make pet reel around (7) - REPLETE*
22 - Seat is prepared for a nap (6) - SIESTA*
24 - Girl ran amok from ogre in ravine (5) - {G}{ORGE*}

GRID