No 11628, Thursday 18 Feb 2016, Buzzer

ACROSS
1   One gets into hot water for brewing a drink (3,3) TEA BAG [CD]
5   Another way of looking at second actor (2-4) CO-STAR {S+ACTOR}* &lit
10 Stupidity of ill-treating caring one (9) IGNORANCE*
11 Feature of an audio tape having words spoken in an undertone? (5) ASIDE {A}{SIDE}
12 Lacking very instrument to remove frost (2-3) DE-ICE {DEvICE}*
13 Perhaps wild or raw hostilities (5,3,1) WORLD WAR I*
14 Slender woman — sick, old and extremely weedy (7) WILLOWY {W}{ILL}{O}{WeedY}
16 Dad taking risk swallowing special red pepper (7) PAPRIKA {RIsK} in {PAPA}

18 Most exciting and periodically cut-throat cricket match (7) HOTTEST {tHrOaT}{TEST}
20 Lively music I'm any day content in backing (7) DYNAMIC [T<=]
21 Show irrational dislike towards refreshing pedicure around Japan (9) PREJUDICE {PEDICURE}* around {Japan}
23 Sign a voucher (5) TOKEN [DD]
25 Act outright aloof (5) EMOTE rEMOTE
26 Is column dug through hard soil? (9) DISCOLOUR {D{IS}{COL}OUR}
27 Public gym included pole dancing (6) PEOPLE {POLE}* in {PE}
28 Utter a heartily lurid tirade (6) ARRANT {A}{luRid}{RANT}

DOWN
2   Drunken nuisance contributing to feeling of weariness (5) ENNUI [T]
3   Turning to run, get hold of a boat propeller (9) BARGEPOLE {BARG}{EPOLE}<=
4   Crowd move out of section in an aisle (7) GANGWAY [DD] (Addendumm - {GANG} {sWAY} - See comments)
5   Resolve to improve (5,2) CLEAR UP [DD]
6   S-solid fragment (5) SHARD {S}{HARD}
7   Mailman is on the run from beastly behaviour (9) ANIMALISM*
8   Operating system to skip having a browser (6-7) WINDOW SHOPPER {WINDOW S}{HOPPER} (Addendum - {WINDOW S}{HOP}{PER} - See comments)
9   Declaim recent changes to a hospital (7,6) MEDICAL CENTRE*
15 Low-cal feeds, man's mantra to be slim (9) LITHESOME {LIT{HE'S}{OM}E}
17 Point out best recipe for a red wine (5,4) PINOT NOIR {POINT}* {NO 1}{Re...e}
19 Time taken by Duckworth-Lewis going through extra tweak (7) TWIDDLE {T}{WID{DL}E}
20 From the bottom up, rate each marine (4-3) DEEP-SEA {DEEP-S<=}{EA}
22 American and European Union power to deplete (3,2) USE UP {US}{E U}{P}
24 Kind of wine often seen as commonplace (5) KNOWN {KiNd}{Of}{WiNe}

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No 11627, Wednesday 17 Feb 2016, Neyartha

ACROSS
1   Inflammable element America discarded with the CRT coating material (8) PHOSPHOR PHOSPHORus
5   Joker's cry (6) SCREAM [DD]
9   Dispensable conifer leaf on the steamship (8) NEEDLESS {NEEDLE}{SS}
10 Attempt organiser made to shield the buyer (6) EMPTOR [T]
11 Sensibly left mat factory in disguise (6-2-6) MATTER-OF-FACTLY*
14 It's valid tender only when filthy (5) LUCRE [CD]
16 Saucer broken by upset cat getting in with some shelled arthropods (9) CRUSTACEA {CAT}* in {SAUCER}*
17 Subscriber losing head in confusion becomes more stunted (9) SCRUBBIER sUBSCRIBER*
19 Listener's rush to get a twilled woollen fabric (5) SERGE (~surge)
20 Genuine chip I sent up to get an alloy used in fine flatware (8,6) STERLING SILVER {STERLING} {S(+i)IL(-i)VER}
23 Thin plate flipped by a beast (6) ANIMAL <=
24 Skin tumour makes graduate acquire confidence with sacred chant (8) MELANOMA {M{ELAN}{OM}A}
25 Number of the strong oriental pushing out the Frenchman (6) EIGHTY (-m+e)EIGHTY
26 Instigate knight attached to the European Union to wear a belt (6,2) STRIKE UP {K}{EU} in {STRIP}


DOWN
1   Monarch quietly replaces the original keyboard for a network command (4) PING (-k+p)PING
2   Georgia follows Oscar and me to find the Greek character (5) OMEGA {O}{ME}{GA}
3   Caught a portable goods-moving platform with a part of a suit of armour (7) PALETTE (~pallet)
4   Upset contributors getting rid of the king's embargo (11) OBSTRUCTION CONTrIBUTORS*
6   Firm agreement (7) COMPACT [DD]
7   Spanish model at the competition climbing a station wagon (6,3) ESTATE CAR {ES}{T}{AT}{E CAR <=}
8   Lively producer, one celebrating in a noisy party? (10) MERRYMAKER {MERRY}{MAKER}
12 Newspaper featuring enclosure designed for a lighting fixture (11) FLUORESCENT {ENCLOSURE}* in {FT}
13 Does this narrow escape leave one with nary a stubble? (5,5) CLOSE SHAVE [DD]
15 Tag Prince created for a rug (9) CARPETING*
18 American criminal involved in an explosion gets a current stabiliser (7) BALLAST {B{AL}LAST}
19 Graduate turns up to participate in a silly dance with plans (7) SYLLLABI  {BA<=} in {SILLY}*
21 Standoffish after commencement to show one's feelings (5) EMOTE rEMOTE
22 Squall amplified partly by an artificial light source (4) LAMP [T]

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