No 11783, Monday 22 Aug 2016, Gridman

ACROSS
1   Soldiers' average curative (8) REMEDIAL {RE}{MEDIAL}
5   Managed little reportedly towards price to pay (6) RANSOM {RAN}{SOM}(~some)
9   Mad follower with a complaint (7) FANATIC {FAN}{A}{TIC}
10 V-sign from boy on American car (7) CHEVRON {CHEV}{RON}

11 Mum's EP he and I palmed off using polite term (9) EUPHEMISM*
12 By the river, start daring action (4) DEED {DEE}{Da...g}
14 Hurt American's left all tucked in (4) ABED ABusED
15 Laughing uncontrollably after surgeon has tied up? (2,8) IN STITCHES [DD]
17 Give away origins of ordinary folks (10) GRASSROOTS {GRASS}{ROOTS}
19 Urge to drop player in decline (4) SPUR SPURn
22 Spoils union leader in aerospace and defence company (4) HAUL {HA{Un..n}L}
23 Beams at TO rollicking in ship (9) STEAMBOAT*
25 Nothing good by a backward group's knockouts (7) OPIATES {O}{PI}{A}{SET<=}
26 The better you fold, the better its shape and value? (7) ORIGAMI [CD]
27 Father with great many in Indian city's temple (6) PAGODA {PA}{GO{D}A} City or State?
28 Weaken five moving to the back in worship (8) VENERATE (+v)VENER(-v)ATE

DOWN
1   Target practice area to go through on mountain (5,5) RIFLE RANGE {RIFLE} {RANGE}
2   Military unit where fellow hides bit of booze (7) MANIPLE {MA{NIP}LE}
3   Hesitate, with girl over there, to give up drug (6) DITHER {DI}{THERe}
4   Lots of things are hammered down in these places (7,6) AUCTION HOUSES [CD]
6   A chatty relation (8) ANECDOTE [CD]
7   Shout as Canadian Indian enters small church (7) SCREECH {S}{CREE}{CH}
8   Pay attention to object (4) MIND [DD]
10 Arrive with child and man at teatime, say, and become visible (4,2,3,4) COME TO THE FORE {COME} {TO T}{HE} {FORE}(~ four)
13 Being devious, coteries secrete core of grid in writing table (10) ESCRITOIRE {gRId} in {COTERIES}*

16 Segregated, Oldie sat fidgeting (8) ISOLATED*
18 A player in Gujarat's capital is letting up (7) ABATING {A}{BAT}{IN}{Gu...t}
20 Expert Tara makes distribution that's in proportion (3,4) PRO RATA {PRO} {TARA}*
21 Oriental politician starts investigating royal escapades in kingdom (6) EMPIRE {E}{MP}{In...g}{Ro..l}{Es...s}
24 The French article man and woman abandoned in clever move (4) COUP COUPle Thanks to Ramesh 

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