No 12306, Wednesday 02 May 2018, xChequer

ACROSS
7   Concerned with member heading country clubs (6) ?R?R?L (Addendum - CRURAL - {C}{RURAL} - See comments)
8   Body's speaker failing to admit old case (5,3) VOICE BOX {V{O}ICE} {BOX}
9   Cold got from study of patient (8) CLINICAL [DD]
10 Claim pin tears nappy (6) ALLEGE {AL{LEG}E} Pin/Leg? See comments
11 Microbe seems to store fat (5) OBESE [T]
12 Form to get married? Apply and throw (6) BEMUSE {BE}{M}{USE}
14 Move around a bit showing what the Duke of Exeter's daughter may do below the waist? (7,4,4) STRETCH ONES LEGS {STRETCH} {ONE'S LEGS}
17 Home restored, let out after a while (2,4) IN TIME {IN} {EMIT<=}
18 Water flowing out of a pipe's mouth, a mere squirt (5) TWERP {WaTER}*{Pipe}
22 Mugger possibly retreating in silence, a black mark? (6) SCORCH {S{CROC<=}H}
23 Close call if son remains on the line (4,4) NEAR MISS {S+REMAINS}*
24 Suitable case for today's feature (8) PROPERTY {PROPER}{TodaY}
25 Not above stealing beginner's thunder (6) BELLOW {BE{L}LOW}

DOWN
1   Coach repeatedly scraps, provide punching tips? (5,4) DRILL BITS {DRILL} {BITS}
2   Forlorn son has to protect daughter after father leaves (6) FRONDS {FR}{ON{D}S*}
3   Pull out from parking lot (5) PLUCK {P}{LUCK}
4   Appeal claiming silver upheld, settling draw or tie (8) LIGATURE {L{I{AG<=}T}URE}
5   The plimsoll line crossed? In this ocean, tricky to be unloaded at full tilt (4-4) PELL-MELL {thE+PLiMsoLL+LinE}*
6   Yield picked up in branch (5) BOUGH (~bow)
8   Valour of enemy stressed a good deal (5,3,5) VALUE FOR MONEY*
13 Harrier runs through gorges as directed (9) AGGRESSOR {R} in {GORGES+AS}*
15 Monumental legend in golf happier abroad (8) EPIGRAPH {EPI{G}RAPH*}
16 Commission ruined without right crop (3,5) CUT SHORT {CUT} {SHO{R}T}
19 Doctor's boring device, a simple boring tool (6) WIMBLE {WI{MB}LE}
20 Forbidding divine area to be seized (5) SCARY {SC{A}RY}
21 Coats of armour primarily worn by knights? On the contrary (5) DAUBS {D{Ar...r}UBS}

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No 12305, Tuesday 01 May 2018, Anon

ACROSS
1   Messy food first lady, learner produced (11) DISHEVELLED {DISH}{EVE}{L}{LED}
9   Firm man to rectify salute (7) COMMEND {CO}{M}{MEND}
10 Destroyed silver French coin (6) LIVRES*

By National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, Public Domain, Link
11 Relating to birth of South Africa region (5) NATAL [DD]
12 Fish, caught in odd spear, to flee (7) SCARPER {S{CARP}pEaR}
15 Manufactured new form of mead (4) MADE*
16 Increased support for one to access first door (10) PROPAGATED {PROP}{A}{GATE}{Door}
18 Trouble of retirement overwhelms heads of Channel Islands (10) SOLICITUDE {SOLI{C}{I}TUDE}
20 Tennis player won cricket tournament? Almost! (4) ASHE ASHEs
23 One thinking of entertaining (7) AMUSING {A}{MUSING}
24 Heartless heretic from South stumbles (5) REELS Anno pending (Addendum - {REbEL}{S} - See comments)
26 Italian house loses last three drugs (6) MEDICI MEDICInes
27 Stifle parents from end to end (7) SMOTHER (+s)MOTHER(-s)
28 New form of song therapy in shorthand (11) STENOGRAPHY*

DOWN
2   One handles principles (6) IDEALS {1}{DEALS}
3   Conceal skin (4) HIDE [DD}
4   Cook loved piece of tricycle (10) VELOCIPEDE*

By User Vxvx on en.wikipedia -  Public Domain, Link
5   Purchase at bar, a regular Glen (8) LEVERAGE {LEVER}{A}{GlEn}
6   Pixies lose ends of laces, lie on mountain (7) EVEREST {ElVEs}{REST}
7   Emoticons confuse Keynes, for one (9) ECONOMIST*
8   Acted as cashier from first to last (6) EMOTED (-d)EMOTE(+d)D
13 Going through the motions before moving (10) PRETENDING {PRE}{TENDING}
14 Leader exited graveyards, confused by competitor (9) ADVERSARY gRAVEYARDS*
17 Cut three scientists on first ship to Israel (8) SCISSION {SCIe...s}{{Ship}{SION}
19 Sheep specialist is aglow (7) LAMBENT {LAMB}{ENT}
21 Rage in Parsee theatre (6) SEETHE [T]
22 Pin children, all but one, to church (6) BROOCH {BROOd}{CH}
25 Starts asking student insights about continent (4) ASIA Acrostic

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