No 11601, Friday 15 Jan 2016, Buzzer

HAPPY PONGAL

ACROSS
1   Routine plot including love and Bollywood’s essential dancing (12) CHOREOGRAPHY {CHORE}{O}{GRAPH}{bollYwood}
8   Poor clue's back to front (4) THIN (+t)THIN(-t)
9   Possibly one in Capitol (10) POLITICIAN {1+IN+CAPITOL}* &lit
11 During funeral I lie dead, covered in flowers (6) LILIED [T]
12 Sweeping changes initially to government educational activity (8) GROOMING (-b+g)GROOMING
14 Cheers tariff being cut repeatedly (2-2) TA-TA {TAriff}-{TAriff} (Addendum - TAx-TAx - See comments)
16 Wiggling of toe is a flirtatious move (7) FOOTSIE* &lit
18 Drug laws broken by one in Berlin (7) CODEINE {EIN} in {CODE}
19 Knock out performance cut short (4) STUN STUNt
22 Advocate to get delayed (2,6) BE BEHIND [DD]
23 Arrive outside hotel in a poor district (6) GHETTO {GET-TO} around {H}
24 A key shift in business (10) ENTERPRISE {ENTER}{PRISE}
26 Administer drugs for inside information (4) DOPE [DD]
27 How little musk mostly becomes odourless (7,5) WITHOUT SMELL {HOW+LITTLE+MUSk}*

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2   Soldier on bhang in the regiment arrested (4,2,5) HANG IN THERE [T]
3   Express parking in charge (5) RAPID {RA{P}ID}
4   Study circles unknown to keep record (6) OOLOGY {OO}{LOG}{Y}
5   Dispense with it on a tour abroad (6,3) RATION OUT*
6   Film with best sound (3) PIC (~pick)
7   Protruding feature surrounding a mountain range (5) CHAIN {CH{A}IN}
10 Relation is more cheerful when not taking sides (6) AUNTIE {jAUNTIEr}
13 Movie star charting a timeline capturing work (7,4) MATINEE IDOL {DO} in {A+TIMELINE}*
15 Federer perhaps, at first totally different in person (6,3) TENNIS PRO{To...y}{IN+PERSON}*
17 Direct deliveries through empty godown (6) GOVERN {OVER} in {Go..wN}
20 Commercial conflict at sea (6) ADRIFT {AD}{RIFT}
21 Erects a shrine? (5) STUPA {STUP<=}{A}
23 Polished a gem full of luminance and sparkle (5) GLEAM {L} in {A+GEM}*
25 Take in tenants periodically (3) EAT {tEnAnTs}

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