No 13658, Monday 12 Sep 2022, Dreamer

Solution to 16D has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered only by a non-regular / novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance.

ACROSS

8 Poor lad is maltreated to some extent (6) DISMAL [T]

9 Top trips? (8) OUTSTRIP {TRIPS}* [RA]

10 An imaginary place of great opportunity located in Chesterfield or Adoni (8) EL DORADO [T]

11 Dismisses energy flow outside cold surfaces, at first (6) EJECTS {E}{JE{C}T}{Su...s}

12 Locality in Virgin Islands — popular in town (8) VICINITY {VI}{C{IN}ITY}

13 Start counter around end of duel (6) BLENCH {B{dueL}ENCH}

14 Faint area outside borders of Yemen (7) SYNCOPE {S{YemeN}COPE}

17 You primarily google "rocks" in study of the Earth (7) GEOLOGY {You+GOOGLE}* 

20 Hot pepper from a raised area of land in Ivory Coast (6) CHILLI {C{HILL}I}

22 Volunteer heartlessly abandoned sweetheart (8) TRUELOVE VOLUnTEER*

25 Move bishop and risk a piece (6) GOBBET {GO}{B}{BET}

26 Tailored grey coat for class (8) CATEGORY*

27 Retake from same user (8) REASSUME*

28 Part with wife at home for the time being (6) WINNOW {W}{IN}{NOW}

DOWN

1   Crime made by very sick American Indian near Yorkshire, originally (8) VILLAINY {V}{ILL}{Am...n}{In...n}{Near}{Yo...e}

2   Doctor enthralled by sources of excess organic lipids in blood clots (6) EMBOLI {MB} in {Ex...s}{Or...c}{Li...s}{In}

3   Aluminium, potassium and the greatest soluble base (6) ALKALI {AL}{K}{ALI}

4   "Mopy town" — possibly not weak for name of a place (7) TOPONYM {MOPY+TOwN}*

5   A man breaks piping in a shaking state (8) ATREMBLE {A}{TRE{M}BLE}

6   Spiritual English gangster hides in that place (8) ETHEREAL {E}{THERE}{AL}

7   Computer program tackles independent chip relating to living organisms (6) BIOTIC {B{I}OT}{IC}

15 College graduate sadly smuggles crown of hazel tree (8) CALABASH {C}{ALA{BA}S}{Ha..l}

16 Hard copy obtained from top rut? (8) P?I?T?U? (Addendum - PRINTOUT {PR} in {TOUT}={TO{P R}UT} - See comments)

18 Regulator with extra plugs? Ignore after unwrapping (8) GOVERNOR {iG{OVER}NORe}

19 Industrious person using small watch (7) STICKER {S}{TICKER}

21 Violent young person and editor having half closed heavy eyelids (6) HOODED {HOOD}{ED}

23 "Now! Put crackers in residential area in city!" (6) UPTOWN*

24 Stop following member's story (6) LEGEND {END}<=>{LEG}

Reference List

Energy = E, Cold = C, Popular = IN, Bishop = B, Wife = W, At home = IN, Very = V, The greatest = ALI, Weak = W, Man = M, English = E, Gangster = AL, Independent = I, Chip = IC, College = C, Small = S, Editor = ED