No 11564, Wednesday 02 Dec 2015, Aspartame

ACROSS
9   Feeling high on pot held for two engineers (2,3,2,3,5) ON TOP OF THE WORLD*
10 Endure broken piece of tamarind stuck inside teeth (7) DENTURE {Ta...d} in {ENDURE}*
12 Penetrate through repaved ground (7) PERVADE*
13 Gestapo lit Essen up as a show of civility (9) POLITESSE [T]
14 In the past, creating art was more than enough (5) EXTRA {EX}{ART*}
15 The mantra curbs cases of redeye. This has been proven! (7) THEOREM {THE}{O{Re..yE}M}
18 Chief town officer recalls key protectors (3,4) TOE CAPS {Town}{O}{E CAPS<=}
21 Simple, eliminate the leader using force (5) IMPEL sIMPLE*
23 Choose him to be a town officer (9) SELECTMAN {SELECT}{MAN}
25 Indian snack daughter sold at New Zealand got a big prize (7) BONANZA {BONdA}{NZ}{A}
26 Such files always end up in rework (7) UNSAVED [CD] Especially for IXL participants :-)
29 Cute former actor desperate for provider of physical pleasure (8,7) CREATURE COMFORT*

DOWN
1   Proceed with lead coating on metal (4) GOLD {GO}{LeaD}
2   Sot, upon puking guts out, gets hit (4) STUN {SoT}{UpoN}
3   Special talk on “Choking noise” (8) SPLUTTER {SPL}{UTTER}
4   Without having starters, idiotic woman took small desserts (6) AFTERS {dAFT}{hER}{S}
5   Transport crew is on time delivering goods (8) SHIPMENT {SHIP}{MEN}{T}
6   Extremely slow woman taking right turn (6) SWERVE {SloW}{E{R}VE}
7   Analysed Crimean exports in bone, skinned meat and drink (5,3) CREAM TEA {CRiMEAn}* {T}{mEAt} It's not just a drink
8   Creep and sway oddly towards the end (8) EDGEWAYS {EDGE}{WAYS*}
11 Retired policeman gets caught by leaders of evil henchmen for some time (5) EPOCH {Evil}{POC<=}{He...n}
15 Football player will chase and give support (8) TAILBACK {TAIL}{BACK}
16 Without doubt, previous husband indulged in affairs that grew bigger (8) EXPANDER {EX}{PANDerED}
17 Ms Carrie said “Be ruined” (8) MISCARRY (~miss carrie)
19 I’m sorry, I’ll take my leave (6,2) EXCUSE ME [DD]
20 Training champion to attain composure (5) PEACE {PE}{ACE}
22 L-Learner measures newspaper (6) LENGTH {L}{EN}{G}{TH}
24 Reportedly, garden near church is open to public (6) LAUNCH (~lawn){LAUN}{CH}
27 Instrument to measure oil composition (4) VIOL {V}{OIL*}
28 Job fee (4) DUTY [DD]

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