Special, Sunday 01 Sep 2019, K Koteswar Rao

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

ACROSS
1   Second class advocate’s off-time activity is to improve language skills (5)
4   Number? No, nothing returns nothing taking nothing! (9)
9   Dirty evil move on dry nurse (3-6)
10 Niagara without repeat of a polished texture (5)
11 Stabbed with weapon and tore to blush (2,3)
12 Paper room in part of church (5,4)
13 Babylonian God is in agreement with the monument (7)
15 It is most orderly to have a bite in retreat (7)
18 Sailor’s violent treachery about to be overlooked (7)
20 Utopian plant (7)
21 It's most intelligent to take drug. It detects cancer (5,4)
23 Requests make happy in brief (5)
25 Commandeer hot pursuit ignoring appeal (5)
26 Strangely 20? Setter once! (4,1,4)
27 Mae West in World War II, a life-saver (3,6)
28 Throw out consultant from engineering project (5)

DOWN
1   Log in secretly to enter into alter ego (9)
2   Paint company showed 50% deficit on distemper finally (5)
3   It is easy to understand when it’s not cryptic clue! (5,4)
4   System went off. Alternative, Kelvin? (7)
5   Trouble during lunchtime with figure (7)
6   Gain access with credentials of brand name (3-2)
7   Shortly, I’m not mean-spirited (2,1,6)
8   What would you say when your broadband connection is lost in group performance? (5)
14 Treasury’s former queen is overwhelmed by ovation (9)
16 Water level helps the board to slide on wet surface (9)
17 Intranets working here today and gone tomorrow! (9)
19 Stag has unpleasant smell to fight, as per spooner (7)
20 Spot settlement (7)
21 Sri Lanka puts back some domed structure (5)
22 Skin disease is up in the upper air (5)
24 A periodical on 4down maybe (1-4)

Across Lite version can be accessed at KKR 28

Enjoy.

The Sunday Crossword No 3063, Sunday 01 Sep 2019

ACROSS
1   Sly boasts must supply evidence of wealth (6,7) STATUS SYMBOLS*
8   Section of atlas, I assume! (4) ASIA [T] Semi&lit
9   Degrader of transportation? (4,6) FARE DODGER* &lit
10 Health expert let fish go bad after flipping (6) DOCTOR {ROT}{COD}<=
11 Find out about unusual radiation (5-3) INFRA-RED {INF{RARE}D*}
12 Actor – Alec Guinness, say – given line (9) KNIGHTLEY {KNIGHT}{LEY}

14 Unappealing, lousy (on the outside)? (4) UGLY {Un...nG}{LousY} Semi&lit
15 Head of Blackpool Zoo, bumbling buffoon (4) BOZO {Bl...l}{ZOO*}
16 You've let me down, putting rotten butter on butties regularly (2,2,5) ET TU BRUTE {BUTTER*}{bUtTiEs}
20 Committed saint with extremely abnormal verruca (8) STALWART {ST}{Ab...aL}{WART}
21 Dishevelled, untidy, in state of undress (6) NUDITY*
23 Part of Yorkshire fighter rose for the audience? (5,5) PLAIN FLOUR (~ plane flower)
24 Compact weapons withdrawn (4) SNUG<=
25 Religious instruction fervently shuns cold soya (6,7) SUNDAY SCHOOLS*

DOWN
1   Halfwit gets in early to see poet (7) SASSOON {S{ASS}OON}
2   This actor wants to get away (5) APART {A}{PART}
3   Enthusiastic usurer initially obtaining obscene profit (2,3,2) UP FOR IT {Us...r}{PROFIT*}
4   Here you might rest with 'Paddington Enters Armed Forces'? (7,8) SERVICE STATIONS {SERVICE{STATION}S}
5   Financier Bernie did this with the loot, we're told (6) MADOFF (~made off)
6   A heap, old boy? Not a sausage (3,6) OLD BANGER {O}{LaD}{BANGER}
7   Unseemly exchange by railway is quite a sight (7) SCENERY {SCENE}{RY}
13 Ultimately, visiting Arizona, Illinois, Long Island and Ontario is big deal (9) GAZILLION {v...nG}{AZ}{IL}{LI}{ON}
15 Campaigns against 'having area for old wine collection' (7) BATTLES B(-o+a)ATTLES
17 Hunt: pro renewal of Humberside etc (2,5) UP NORTH*
18 Vacant twit in tutu's dancing, getting sounds of disapproval (3-4) TUT-TUTS {TwiT} in {TUTUS}*
19 Sordid affair that's seen at evening classes (6) RAFFIA* Evening classes?
22 Every so often, DJ is sick of dance music (5) DISCO {Dj+Is+SiCk+Of}

Reference List
Saint = ST, Old = O, Railway = RY, Area = A

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