No 12191, Monday 18 Dec 2017, Spinner

Answer and Annotation for 12A left for any rookie commenter till 10 AM.

ACROSS
1   Perhaps I must clue about love with lady extremely carefully! (12) METICULOUSLY {I+MUST+CLUE}* over {O}  and {LadY}
10 Tactic lacking good scope (5) AMBIT gAMBIT
11 Get rid of upper class boxed mentality inciting needless argument at the beginning! (9) ELIMINATE  {ELITE} over {Me...y}{In...g}{Ne...s}{Ar...t}
12 Beat batsman essentially with a bit of angled flight (6) S?A?R? (Addendum - STAIRS {ST{An...d}IR}{b..S..n} - See comments)
13 Gets killed while going around water bodies due to ailments! (8) DISEASES {DI{SEAS}ES}
15 Diaper designed to trap secretion and leave no trace! (9) DISAPPEAR {DI{SAP}PEAR*}
16 Locks with hard beam (4) HAIR {H}{AIR}
20 Book without covers is bound (4) EDGE lEDGEr
21 Follow one another, playing Teen Taal interspersed with some Relas (9) ALTERNATE {TEEN+TAAL}* over {Re..s}
24 He’d sing extraordinarily to gain leading awards/titles! (8) HEADINGS {HED+SING}* over {Aw...s}
26 Soldiers returning gold buried in locality (6) TROOPS {SPO{OR}T}<=
28 Academic expert in favour of capturing English vessel (9) PROFESSOR {PRO}{F{E}{SS}OR}
29 Mindful of a contest with Exa (5) AWARE {A}{WAR}{E}
30 Men outside rushed down to strike upset old relatives (12) GRANDPARENTS {G{RAN}{D}{RAP<=}ENTS}

DOWN
2   Spinner returns, getting ready for hugging! (9) EMBRACING {ME<=}{BRACING}
3   Batting to somehow avert loss by break time! (8) INTERVAL {IN}{AVERT*}{L}
4   Old dues settled (4) USED*
5   Started to nag editor crookedly to induct setter (10) ORIGINATED {NAG+EDITOR}* over {I}
6   Basically entered in, evaluated and took over! (6) SEIZED {S{En...d}IZED}
7   Pines when knight’s away for long stretches of time (5) YEARS YEARnS
8   Swallows drug on failure (5) LAPSE {LAPS}{E}
9   Cuts cess on plastic, overcoming resistance (7) CENSORS {CESS+ON}* over {R}
14 Australian opener set to eclipse record asked for forgiveness (10) APOLOGISED {Au...n}{PO{LOG}ISED}
17 NASA employee, say, arranged NASA tour on time (9) ASTRONAUT {NASA+TOUR}*{T}
18 Spinner’s initial following maybe happier in Spinner’s absence, probably! (7) PERHAPS {Sp...r} after {HAPPiER}*
19 Become greater with sincere dancing, captivating audience, primarily! (8) INCREASE {SINCERE}* over {Au...e}
22 Came in running to spot where flicks are played (6) CINEMA*
23 Firstly, Australia smashes hapless English strugglers in battle for the urn! (5) ASHES Acrostic
25 Slam on grass held in between (5) AMONG [T]
27 Time rolled back by acceleration in space (4) AREA {ERA<=}{A}

GRID

Special, Sunday 17 Dec 2017, Dr Satyen Nabar

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

ACROSS
1   Frostiness at Trump's inauguration in city of refinement (6)
4   In the middle of a dingy back road (6)
9   CBI rogue starts to make weapon of mass destruction (1,1,1,1)
10 Stupid people hosting social return with devices for practical joke (5, 5)
11 High-octane drama (3-3)
12 Argue vigorously to seize destructive rebel (8)
13 Leave to avoid paying for kebab over a roll (2, 1, 6)
15 Getting on with some scumbag editor (4)
16 Dash into sleazy bar (4)
17 Conspiring secretly? Ancient ruler shouts (2, 7)
21 Display husky meal (8)
22 Understanding some can be slow on it? (6)
24 Replace too complicated order of insects (10)
25 Drawback about nationalist rule (4)
26 Parties with nurses (6)
27 Restrained violent nut in high spirits (4-2)

DOWN
1   Lack of toilet! Manage? Impossible (2, 3, 2)
2   Mark of separation-- Man in stupor (5)
3   One who Chinese primarily cast out? It can’t be put another way (7)
5   Might border on chaos (6)
6   Bold action by revolutionary leftist party enthrals mob (7-2)
7   Sovereign leader of Pakistan escorted and overthrown (7)
8   Ironically put this to probe mouth ulcer (6-2-5)
14 What Don Juan has -- Nystagmus perhaps? (6, 3)
16 Missile away! Move quickly from hiding (4, 3)
18 Excessively praise, perhaps laud team endlessly (7)
19 Accepted scene with revolutionary wordplay (5, 2)
20 One that persistently clings to troublemaker breaking contract (6)
23 Namely, what to do with broken down vehicle (2, 3)

Across Lite version can be accessed at Dr SN 17

Enjoy.