No 11781, Friday 19 Aug 2016, Exa

ACROSS
7   Progress made by club member (5) CLIMB {C}{LIMB}
8   Fashion diva's fit and proper (9) ADVISABLE {DIVAS*}{ABLE}
10 Failure in business after film actor retires (6) FIASCO {SAIF<=}{CO}
11 Got into bed with a criminal (8) OBTAINED {INTO+BED+A}*
12 Kid is bound to find something to slide on (8) BANISTER {IS} in {BANTER}

13 Attain heroin in slum area (6) GHETTO {H} in {GET TO}
14 Snake correctly named by the charmer at last (7) MEANDER {NAMED*}{thE}{c...eR}
16 Endless longing for drug (7) ASPIRIN ASPIRINg
20 Messages them abuses right away (6) EMAILS {'EM}{rAILS}
23 Source of beautiful aroma is possibly this (8) AMBROSIA {Be...l+AROMA+IS}* &lit
25 Contacted Harry's buddy by telephone to know where potions are brewed (8) CAULDRON (~called){CAULD}{RON}
26 Way a jerk is resting (6) STATIC {ST}{A}{TIC}
27 British Party head's being audacious (9) BRAVENESS {B}{RAVE}{NESS} 
28 Crazy about electronic rhythms (5) BEATS {B{E}ATS}

DOWN
1   Extremely useful cooking item purchased at last (8) ULTIMATE {Us..uL}{TIM{AT}E*}
2   Release energy on purpose (8) EMISSION {E}{MISSION}
3   Well-read journalists welcome to stay (7) ADJOURN [T]
4   Very unusual seating times (8) VINTAGES {V}{SEATING}*
5   Ridicule father outside a bar (6) SATIRE {SIRE} around {A}{T}
6   Right time to go after cocaine user (6) CLIENT {C}{LIEN}{T}
9   Very upset after start of big fire (4) BOOT {Big}{TOO<=}
15 Cherish being in her pants (8) ENSHRINE {ENS}{IN+HER}*
17 Tale I'd spread about child forgetting name is unusual (8) ISOLATED {TALE+I'D}* over {SOn}
18 Train set in motion (8) INITIATE [DD]
19 Dedicated trainees losing interest in work (7) EARNEST TRAiNEES*
21 Small male bird changing direction (6) MEAGRE {M}{EAG(-l+r)RE}
22 One racy novel showing intimacy (2,4) IN LOVE {1}{N LOVE*}
24 Book hotel to hold a small party (4) BASH {A}{S} in {B}{H}

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No 11780, Thursday 18 Aug 2016, Spinner

ACROSS
1   Perhaps lighter wife saves a bit of trouble for man who carries heavy loads (6,6) WEIGHT LIFTER {LIGHTER+WIFE+Tr...e}*
10 X-Rated commercial by group needing no introduction (5) ADULT {AD}{cULT}
11 Leaving husband worried, she tries to follow Spinner's puzzles (9) MYSTERIES {MY}{ShE+TRIES}*
12 Great to have a little pulao for dinner (6) SUPPER {SUP{Pu..o}ER}
13 Convict spotted hiding book next to church (8) SENTENCE {SE{NT}EN}{CE}
15 Praise for remodelled 'Beetle' car (9) CELEBRATE*
16 It is pumped in celebration as winning run's struck! (4) FIST FIrST &lit
20 Ultimately, Spinner had value (4) RATE {s...eR}{ATE}
21 Sand art made by extremely dexterous models (9) STANDARDS {SAND+ART}*{De...uS}
24 Periodic revision of a lesson covering introduction to astrophysics (8) SEASONAL {A+LESSON}* over {As...s}
26 Type of clothing to absorb hard vibrations (6) SHOCKS {S{H}OCKS}
28 Gold atom broken down with time by Integrated Circuit that's self-regulating (9) AUTOMATIC {AU}{ATOM*}{T}{IC}
29 Repeatedly playing note hovering around another (5) OFTEN {NOTE}* around {F}
30 Confess matter about abandoning model at a church, maybe? (6,2,4) CENTRE OF MASS {CONFESS+MAtTER}*

DOWN
2   Setter deficient at the top gets hold of joke-kit (9) EQUIPMENT {cE{QUIP}MENT}
3   Met at this place inside empty ground (8) GATHERED {AT}{HERE} in {Gr..nD}
4   It's back to Spinner's spell! (4) TIME {IT<=}{ME}
5   Viewing cricket, for example, entertains some people in capital of Germany (10) INSPECTING {INS{Pe...e}ECT}{IN}{Ge...y}
6   Go to drink brewed tea, making truce (6) TREATY {TR{TEA*}Y}
7   Every now and then, free India has good leadership (5) REIGN {fReE}{I{Good}N}
8   Planet's hot wetland (5) MARSH {MARS}{H}
9   Looks like companion animal's having concern at heart! (7) ASPECTS {AS}{PE{conCern}TS}
14 Many degrees are available on this professional's area of research, for starters (10) PROTRACTOR {PRO}{TRACT}{Of}{Re...h}
17 Demonstrates one's distance running (9) INDICATES {1}{DISTANCE*}
18 Shriek at last shattered glass (7) CRYSTAL {CRY}{LAST*}
19 Mop with a paper from lavatory (8) BATHROOM {B{A}{TH}ROOM}
22 Stereotyped mom breaks down, trapped by limitation (6) COMMON {MOM}* in {CON}
23 Manipulating American leader to lose opener (5) USING {US}{kING}
25 Loft it up to get caught after a terrific start (5) ATTIC {A}{Te...c}{IT<=}{C}
27 Aspartame chose to conceal hint (4) ECHO [T]

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