No 9920, Friday 13 Aug 10, Neyartha

Lots of anagrams and lots of Googling to complete todays CW. Neyartha seems to have dedicated today's CW to our very own 2D.
ACROSS
1   - Absurd jest in portico by a cinema theatre employee (13) - PROJECTIONIST*
9   - Lid taken off the money jar found in the American dustbin (3-3) - {cASH}-{CAN}

10 - Reveal iron clasp of hurt revolutionary in novel (8) - {AIR}{F{RAM}E} Had to google this
11 - Well-built British chief forced out by George's spear (3) - (b+g)GIG

12 - Act on call for an unimaginably largeamount (6) - {BILL}{YO}
13 - Mysterious non-American confounded by equality of measure (8) - ISOMETRYus*

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14 - Expert admitted to using permits to obtain a whale oil product (10) - {SPERM{ACE}TI*} Googled this also
17 - In space, astronaut finds the right direction (4) - EAST [T]
18 - Victim's vocal petition (4) - PREY(~pray)
19 - Anomalous gain forged by the devout (3-7) - GOD-FEARING*
21 - Worms on tropical shrub from the east cover the top (8) - {ANNE{LID}S<-} Annother googled effort

23 - Field the ball (6) - SPHERE [DD]
25 - __ red, when angry? (3) - SEE [CD]
26 - Produce sent back to the border in a sequence of events (8) - SIDELINE ? Anno pending ({TIME<-}{LINE} - Thanks to Kishore)
27 - Nuclear body related article goes missing (6) - (-an)ATOMIC
28 - Determines VAT wrongly, and a notice results! (13) - ADVERTISEMENT*
DOWN
2   - Leader of some Europeans goes down all the way to see a Hindu lad (5) - iRISH(+i)I Hindu sage would have been better
3   - Corrected local jury with humour (9) - JOCULARLY*
4   - Country with love for a Latin American dance (5) - CONG(a+o)O
5   - Judge picture (7) - IMAGINE [DD]
6   - Administer drugs to yield crazy reactions (9) - NARCOTISE*

7   - Sometimes, this may result in an ace (5) - SERVE [CD]
8   - Elf playing outside upsets master and intern (8) - {IMP}{RIS<-}{ON}
15 - Short paragraph about a number of Iraqi leaders evokes an unsettling thought (8) - {PAR{A}{N}{O}{I}A}
16 - Funny evangelistic vet sent off to assume the English ways (9) - ANGLICISEvet*

17 - Bait for the angler's mother, raw perhaps (9) - EARTHWORM*
20 - Take issue with some Saudis' sentimentalism (7) - DISSENT [T]
22 - First person to participate in the objective is Polish (5) - {E{ME}ND}
23 - Shuts up marine mammals (5) - SEALS [DD]

24 - Government in Speaker's control (5) - REIGN(~rein) Nice one

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