No 12615, Thursday 02 May 2019, Vulcan

ACROSS
1   Stationed in New Haven (11) DESTINATION*
8   Purposes of warehouse service (4) USES [T]
9   Fancy term given to religious books in exam (10) ORNAMENTAL {OR{NAME}{NT}AL}
10 Average channel (6) MEDIUM [DD]
11 No item remade basically even once (7) ONETIME {NO+ITEM}*{Even}
13 A certain creation eventually turning out in bodily form (9) INCARNATE {A+CERTAIN+c...oN}*
15 Observe something initially missing in attack (5) ?E?R? (Addendum - DECRY DEsCRY - See comments)
16 Withdraw from Ecstacy completely (5) QUITE {QUIT}{E}
18 In a hotel we gather finally, got off to a place to drink (5,4) WATER HOLE {A+HOTEL+WE+g...eR}*
22 Benefit, say, as one with the forecast (7) PROPHET (~profit)
23 Writer, male, digs both men and women — to live with and drink (6) IMBIBE {I}{M}{BI}{BE}
26 Ideal diet, a moral alternative (6-4) TAILOR-MADE*
27 Steriliser essentially kept dry (4) SERE [T]
28 The old article is vague and speculative (11) THEORETICAL {THE}{O}{ARTICLE*}

DOWN
1   Criticism directed at nuclear research centre, gets notice (7) DISCERN {DIS}{CERN}
2   Portion of Tiramisu shines, it's delicious (5) SUSHI [T]
3   One Irish guy winning medals at the top level, remarkable athlete (4,3) IRON MAN {1}{RON{Me...s}AN}
4   Relative's uninitiated provocation (4) AUNT tAUNT
5   Master menu is encrypted and well-protected (6) IMMUNE {IM}{MENU*}
6   Meeting in the inn organised for a birthday (9) NINETIETH ETI in {THE+INN}* Some indicator is missing as ETI is in the middle of MEETING? Anno for ETI not clear (Addendum - {THE+INN}* over {TIE} - See comments)
7   Agriculturist's reference brought up about authority (6) FARMER {FER<=} over {ARM}
12 Small lump showing up as pale yellow (5) STRAW {S}{WART<=}
14 George's ideal place mostly when in a group (9) AUTOPILOT {A}{UTOPIa}{LOT}
17 State's incomplete road works essentially resulting in protest (6) UPROAR {UP}{ROAd}{woRks}
19 Patent contest I had participated in (7) EVIDENT {EV{I'D}ENT}
20 Progressive African country — second one to go left (7) LIBERAL {LIBER1A}{L}
21 For the most part, remain in shock after last month's order (6) DECREE {REEl} after {DEC}
24 Main flavouring ingredient not quite cold (5) BASIC {BASIl}{C}
25 Duo appearing in the end of clip show (4) PAIR {cliP}{AIR}

Reference List
Religious books = NT(New Testament), Exam = ORAL, Withdraw = QUIT, Writer = I, Live = BE, Criticism = DIS, Master = IM(International Master), Authority = ARM, Lump = WART, Ideal place = UTOPIA, Group = LOT, State = UP(Uttar Pradesh), Contest = EVENT, Shock = REEL, Show = AIR

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No 12614, Wednesday 01 May 2019, Skulldugger

ACROSS
1   Marxist council built poor organisation (9) POLITBURO*
6   Soldier faced engineer's taunt (4) GIBE {GI}{BE}
8   Copenhagen temptress called for delicacies! (8) ?A?N?I?S (Addendum - DAINTIES (~ dane tease) - See comments)
9   Cologne wife dabbed primarily attracts Southern double-dealers (6) FRAUDS {FRAU}{Da...d}{S}
10 "She has no filter, is undiluted, on the nose", admits school principal (8,7) STRAIGHT SHOOTER {STRAIGHT} {Sc...l}}{HOOTER}
11 Positive attitude derived from American openness mostly (3-2) CAN-DO CANDOr
13 Idle outside rest room flipping bananas (8) DOOLALLY {D{LOO<=}ALLY}
15 Sugar canned in confitures, jams (8) FRUCTOSE COnFiTURES* [CA] and &lit
18 Ruling Washington in the wake of fat, arrogant Trotskyist leaders (5) FATWA {Fat}{Ar...t}{Tr...t}{WA}
20 Ramshackle zoo's gift: echidna with cancer perhaps (4,2,3,6) SIGN OF THE ZODIAC*
23 Lacking musical quality, is uptight about Tchaikovsky's oeuvre initially (6) ATONAL {A{Tc...y}{Oe...e}NAL} Anal/Uptight?
24 Captain's aide caught sailor in float without uniform (5,3) CABIN BOY {C}{AB}{IN}{BuOY}
25 It's a shame tree acreage is on the rise (4) ALAS {SAL}{A}<=
26 Portholes for rising sun viewers (5,4) BULLS EYES {BULL}{S}{EYES}

DOWN
1   President gutted about US state institute's shock feature possibly (5) PLAIT {Pr...nT} over {LA}{I}
2   Neck strap deployed if escaping from fairyland (7) LANYARD fAiRYLAND*
3   Fondness for object (5) THING [DD]
4   Suggested putting away tandoori starter, as still hungry (7) UNSATED UNStATED
5   Derivative of fantasy series originally a lot of fun (8) OFFSHOOT {OF}{Fa...y}{Se...s}{HOOT}
6   Argan oil one extracted out from breakfast fare (7) GRANOLA {ARGAN+OiL}*

7   Spooner's American agent to roar like an animal lover (9) BEDFELLOW (fed bellow to bedfellow)
12 Weapon for patrols at sea around islands (3,6) AIR PISTOL {PATROLS}* over {I} and {I}
14 Birdie scored here with this (4,4) GOLF CLUB [C&DD]
16 Sack best core boxers, for example (7) CANINES {CAN}{fINESt}
17 Principled greeting by college in overdue volte-face (7) ETHICAL {HI}{C} in {LATE<=}
19 Custodian's beginning to go crazy after evacuation from fire (7) ARDENCY {wARDEN}{CrazY}
21 God of old protects black beasts (5) ZEBUS {ZE{B}US}

22 Dated regularly on Sabbath for yonks (5) AEONS {dAtEd}{ON}{S}

Reference List
Soldier = GI, Engineer = BE, Cologne wife = FRAU, Nose = HOOTER, Rest room = LOO, Float = BUOY, Rising = BULL, Louisiana = LA, Sack = CAN, God = ZEUS

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