Special, Sunday 15 Dec 2019, Buttershot

Three answers per commenter till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory)
Please submit your three answers in one comment.

ACROSS
1   Poorest revolutionary to get a trial (8)
5   Say spikes meat pieces (6)
9   Dramatic light on artist's lines (8)
10 Appreciates valleys around Utah (6)
11 Damage royal's brands (8)
12 Ward's cost (6)
14 Stage found in park (10)
18 Describing the old drifting across Italy (10)
22 Run in your birthday suit (6)
23 Collect dope and sign out of some motel (8)
24 Stunned by web in our times (6)
25 Axe trees for fuel (8)
26 Recalled London district's dug up (6)
27 Presages development of christian rite (8)

DOWN
1   Post article (6)
2   Resent improper records (6)
3   Consent to curl hair on it (6)
4   Trying to lug some gale damaged wire outside (10)
6   Guerilla cuts/shoots guides (8)
7   Water's odd ring around one fish tank (8)
8   Delays Soviet Union's outlays (8)
13 Nag mystics about exercises (10)
15 Are dupes used to convince ? (8)
16 Perhaps Instagram a fish tackle (8)
17 Point at the end of agreement in South Africa to track foriegn nationals (8)
19 Cross out River's grant (6)
20 Shape alumnus' hunger (6)
21 Social worker to take on underworld fags (6)

Across Lite version can be accessed at BUTTERSHOT 2

Enjoy.

No 12805, Friday 13 Dec 2019, Vulcan

All those who are not regular commenters but who are rookie commenters or silent followers of the blog are requested to post answers with annotations in the comments section. In your own interest please avoid looking up the answers from the interactive version. Don't hesitate to post your annotations, in case you make a mistake in the annotation someone will correct it with the right annotation.

Each commenter is requested to post only 5 answers thereby giving others also a chance to participate. Please provide all your answers in one comment.

Regular solvers/Veterans can post 1 answer each, but after 11 AM only

The regular blog will replace the clues at 4 PM.

Thanks for the response, here's the regular blog.

ACROSS
1   Athlete presently in a broadcast (6,6) TENNIS PLAYER*
10 Gifted? In conclusion had to pay up (7) ENDOWED {END}{OWED}
11 Steady measure mostly consisting of two parts (7) GRADUAL {GRAm}{DUAL}
12 For the most part, stop sign gives relief (6) RESCUE {RESt}{CUE}
13 A descendant kept apart by one in French city (8) ASCUNCION {A}{S{UN}CION}
15 Spider natural at spinning (9) TARANTULA*
16 Part of a group, an election committee (5) PANEL [T]
17 She’s in a big town right in California (5) CLARA {C{LA}{R}A}
19 Another set to wear in a car? (3-6) TWO-SEATER*
22 Outcast, disheartened, volunteered outside a country (8) VAGABOND {Vo...eD} over {A}{GABON}
24 Very hard to keep away from this kind of tea — unwritten (6) VERBAL {V}{hERBAL}
26 A science place followed by a scholar in one of the states (7) ALABAMA {A}{LAB}{A}{MA}
27 National Bank’s counter closing early primarily (7) CHILEAN {LEAN}<=>{CHIp}
28 Neon light working on display eventually (2,3,4,3)  IN THE LONG RUN {NEON+LIGHT}* [RA]

DOWN
2   What is consumer ensured to get! (3,4) END USER* Semi&lit
3   Island is staggering — in genuine awe without end (3,6) NEW GUINEA {GENUINE+AWe}*
4   Irrelevant feature (4) SIDE [DD]
5   Senator/member is subsequently overheard (10) LEGISLATOR {LEG}{IS}{LATOR}(~later)
6   Desire of every earner (5) YEARN [T]
7   Ruin one critical meeting (7) REUNION*
8   European, one in dry city (6) BEIRUT {B{E}{1}RUT}
9   No sex involved — no call made (6) CLONAL*
14 What’s fair to take during trial as a precaution (4,2,4) JUST IN CASE {JUST}{IN}{CASE}
16 Power diminishing as aforementioned (9) PRECEDING {P}{RECEDING}
17 Animal crossing road with caution (6) CAVEAT {C{AVE}AT}
18 A lie without basis, basically about a country detailed in language (7) AFGHANI {A}{F{GHANa}Ib}
20 Vivid description of a piece of furniture with gold at the bottom (7) TABLEAU {TABLE}{AU}
21 Change one’s mind about fasting time (6) RELENT {RE}{LENT}
23 Band’s first and final hit (5) BLAST {Band}{LAST}
25 Repetition of same chords (4) ECHO [T]

Reference List
Right = R, Very = V, Hard = H, Scholar = MA, European = E, Power = P, About = RE