9738, Sankalak

Across
1 A gap providing an opportunity (7) OPENING
5 Not a role a star wants to play (3-4) BIT PART
9 Panchayati raj (5,10) LOCAL GOVERNMENT
10 Len’s knock-out design, something to add strength to the keel of a ship (6)
11 Precipitation resulting from pollution (4,4) ACID RAIN
13 Denial, say, in a race (8) NEGATION
15 Mass movement of people shown in 1960 movie (6) EXODUS
18 Child admirer in international setting (6) INFANT
19 Sudden, heavy rain could be a cause of ruin (8) DOWNFALL
22 A programme to seclude Henry somehow (8) SCHEDULE
24 Criminal law nets expert returning with plant (6)
27 Ceaseless movement in a hypothetical situation (9,6)
28 Puts on clothes (7) DRESSES
29 Pineapple that could be a blast (7)
Down
1 Material that lubricates top of knife at home (7) OILSKIN
2 Do better than 40 Roman ones, say (5) EXCEL
3 Such wealth cannot be the result of hones labour (3-6) ILL-GOTTEN
4 Hired thug who would talk too much (4)
5 Used to whiten clothes, it is large, found in the Marina, for example (6) BLEACH
6 Kind of milk good for the weight conscious (5) TONED
7 Russian empress, one banished from African city (9) ALEXANDRA
8 Lockjaw (7) TETANUS
12, 17 Doubly nice French combining in a sweet (6) BONBON
14 It does not deserve an oral examination (4,5) GIFT HORSE
16 One in fear of foreigners put a hex on eastern BPO organisation (9) XENOPHOBE
17 See 12
18 At home I’d accept drink that is tasteless (7) INSIPID
20 Gaps formed in a (shortened) nuclear explosion (7)
21 They may come before a fall (6)
23 Fights to settle matters of honour once (5) DUELS
25 Feature article on a country (5)
26 Start fast, then fall behind, get tired (4)