Special, Sunday 18 Feb 2018, Fraz

Three answers per commenter as usual till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory)
Please provide all your answers in one comment.

ACROSS
1   Guy provided established list of passengers (8)
5   Alarm female before fitting (6)
9   Contender cuddles with a flower in Pakistan? (4,5)
11 Try to prevent chaps leaving laundry additives (5)
12 Something enticing about street sheen (6)
13 Juliet's relatives whimper, interrupting YouTube stars (8)
15 Rude remark about a movie’s last line (8)
16 Assertive company (4)
19 Rattle returned by a prince (4)
20 Trapped in network, staff showed displeasure (8)
23 Pining for Indian boxing venue (8)
24 Symbiotic lichen covers something stale (6)
27 Enlighten doctor I defy (5)
28 Delay banquets hosted by sailors (9)
29 Gives back gift of flowers found in yards (6)
30 Slicker Caine wrote to Spooner (8)

DOWN
1   Mother’s copying spice mix (6)
2   Approaches unknown listeners (5)
3   Secure place for lock (8)
4   Barring entrance to Sixth Avenue (4)
6   Metal sheep guarding Indian island (6)
7   Advocate for trail (3,6)
8   Dreary, awkward rise in volume (8)
10 Male rite changing, as it happens (4-4)
14 Red swallows in wind (8)
15 I simply admitted to becoming wrong (9)
17 Dickens character brought in dull, unpleasant work (8)
18 Onion ring found in Mumbai suburb (8)
21 Got old Greek looked at (6)
22 China ultimately went after twit (3,3)
25 Belief in sacred offering (5)
26 Cost a quarter (4)

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The Sunday Crossword No 2983, Sunday 18 Feb 2018

ACROSS
1   Tons in store, say, for competitor in field event (4-6) SHOT-PUTTER {SHO{T}P}{UTTER}
6   Unwanted messages in charts going around (4) SPAM <=
9   Storm, test for men at sea throughout (4,4,2,5) FROM STEM TO STERN*
11 Supervisor in favour of returning call (7) FOREMAN {FOR}{NAME<=}
12 Burden quietly accepted by old journalists (7) OPPRESS {O}{P}{PRESS}
13 Chapter, part containing good unfinished record of events (9) CHRONICLE {CH}{RO{NICe}LE}
16 Raging against one breaking cover (5) LIVID {LI{V}{1}D}
18 Careless in head of state's absence (5) SLACK {St..e}{LACK}
19 Cheerful people I spot, excited about film (9) OPTIMISTS {MIST} in {I+SPOT}*
20 Anger acceptable in show (7) PROVOKE {PROV{OK}E}
21 Musical piece from applicant at audition (7) CANTATA [T]
23 Criticism popular doctor alters, changing dressing (8,7) STICKING PLASTER {STICK}{IN}{GP}{ALTERS*}
24 Outfit beginning to accumulate capital (4) RIGA {RIG}{A}
25 Like an idealist, waited to receive right cereal (6-4) STARRY-EYED {STA{R}{RYE}YED}

DOWN
1   Cut off, erring in appeal for help not sharply defined (4-5) SOFT-FOCUS {CUT+OFF}* in {SOS}
2   Smell food, so hurry, deprived of regular portions (5) ODOUR {fOoD+sO+hUrRy}
3   Upright fellow with second innings in game (8,5) POSTMANS KNOCK {POST}{MAN}{S}{KNOCK}
4   Metal casing that is forming connection (3-2) TIE-IN {T{IE}IN}
5   Outgoing traveller, on time after departure, missing one (9) EXTROVERT {EXiT}{ROVER}{T}
7   Maintains power over substitutes (9) PRESERVES {P}{RESERVES}
8   Without source of light I'm upset (5) MINUS {SUN}{IM}<=
10 Extra flexible with translation of any term (13) SUPPLEMANTRY {SUPPLE}{ANY+TERM}*
14 Group filled with energy when working and thinking (9) REASONING {R{E}{AS}{ON}ING}
15 Finish with king and fool bound together (5-4) CLOSE-KNIT {CLOSE}{K}{NIT}
17 Wanted around Panama, lost hope (9) DESPAIRED {DES{PA}IRED}
20 Difficult question for exhibitionist (5) POSER [DD]
21 Cloak right for illicit activity (5) CAPER {CAPE}{R}
22  Restless, say, bothered about part of Bible (5) ANTSY {A{NT}SY*}

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No 12243, Saturday 17 Feb 2018, Vulcan

Answer and anno for 11A left for a first time commenter till 10AM. 
I'm Stumped by 8D

ACROSS
1   Fault or niggle in a book (4,4) GONE GIRL*
5   Hungary's capital, a fine city (6) HARARE {Hu...y}{A}{RARE}
10 Live in bliss every second — unseen, in disguise and inconspicuous (9) INVISIBLE {LIVE+IN+BlIsS}*}
11 Pain of a sportswoman, one that's knocked out (5) G?I??  (Addendum - GRIEF {GR(-a+ie)IEF) - See comments)
12 Marketplaces run in a state on strike (6) AGORAS {A}{GO{R}A}{S}
13 Picture of gold placed on the surface (7) TABLEAU {TABLE}{AU}
14 One celeb I'm annoyed with, a fool (8) IMBECILE {1+CELEB+IM}*
15 It's got one foot over a deer (6) WAPITI {IT}{1}{PAW}<=
18 Saw agent wearing brown (6) TREPAN {T{REP}AN}
20 Deny having critical mail on CD (8) DISCLAIM {DISC}{MAIL*}
22 New leader working along with Fox (7) NONPLUS {New}{ON}{PLUS}
25 Writer, old and tired perhaps (6) EDITOR {O+TIRED}*
27 Main variable describing an alloy (5) INVAR [T]
28 Carpet that's extremely rare, neat also (9) REPRIMAND {RarE}{PRIM}{AND}
29 Student is taken into medical department to volunteer (6) ENLIST {EN{L}IS}T}
30 The ones he notes? These are not straight (8) ANAGRAMS Definition by example

DOWN
1   Purchase beef cut (4) GRIP GRIPe
2   It's new in Mumbai, a triangular section that's passable (9) NAVIGABLE {NAVI}{GABLE}
3   Good to have an almost firm stomach (7) GASTRIC {G}{A}{STRICt}
4   Strongly or subtly different! (8) ROBUSTLY*
6   A large book, primarily about a maths subject (7) ALGEBRA {A+LARGE+Book}*
7   Wake up in Paris early (5) ARISE [T]
8   Aura of a character — with love invariably unconditional — magical primarily (9) E?F?U?I?M (Addendum - EFFLUVIUM {EFF}{LUV}{In...y}{Un...l}{Ma...l} - See comments)
9   Ones trained to provide shelter (4) NEST [T]
14 Club tennis? I have to be serious? (9) INTENSIVE {TENNIS}*{IVE}
16 Maria, not a bad lover (9) INAMORATA*
17 Defenceless one wiped out (4-4) WIDE-OPEN*
19 Attracts each and every user all over (7) ALLURES*
21 Roof covering, say (7) CEILING (~sealing)
23 Unusual story (5) NOVEL [DD]
24 Individual with class (4) SORT [DD]
26 Rules basically skipped in poems (4) ODES cODES

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