Anokha's Crossword Puzzle No. 02, Tuesday, May 07, 2009

Across

9 Bengali met Stalinism with nostalgic feelings (15)
10 A die-hard character? (7)
12 Seaport made of grass (7)
13 Moron idol? My secret dictionary says so! (9)
14 Tattoo, say about three feet long exclusive of tail (5)
15 Yiddish dope! (7)
18 Mexican toast party (7)
21 Architect and furniture designer found in Ghana, altogether (5)
23 Say scalloped (9)
25 Ancestor of Homo sapiens, no longer gay (7)
26 Applaud century of a singer? (7)
29 He lit moonlights to study Dracula! (15)

Down

1 Artificial flavour added to the meal starter (4)
2 National Congress Committee headed by Sonia is an American civil rights organisation (4)
3 Plant lot needed to assemble car in (8)
4 Fox Napolean in a sword fight (6)
5 Upper regions of space on top to catch 11dn (8)
6 Thief left following Charlie, reported (6)
7 Widow as tart, is sad (8)
8 Boss returns, after order to join Indian bank, Italian course (8)
11 See 5dn (5)
15 Political movement, as wished by 2dn (8)
16 False elm or plant? (8)
17 Ship involved in joint session before Taiwanese and Singaporean parliaments (8)
19 Experienced sailor, on a hill, sings like a canary (8)
20 American city doesn't get any respectable Japanese follow-up to start with (5)
22 Bitter Officer-in-charge going after condensed British ale (6)
24 Ever heard of cashew lozenge? (6)
27 Distort language by decreasing tempo (4)
28 One leading 15dn (4)