No 10363, Wednesday 18 Jan 12, Gridman

ACROSS

1   - If one cutter capsizes, it's fake (11) - COUNTERFEIT*

9   - One in a race has ten around to talk excitedly (7) - ENTRANT {TEN*}{RANT}

10 - Sexy partners have you locked in wrap (7) - SENSUAL {SE{NS}{U}AL}

11 - Sailor has no time for card (5) - TAROT {TAR}{O}{T}

12 - Super rate fixed for openings (9) - APERTURES*

13 - A face-saving feature in soldier's headgear (5) - VISOR [CD]

15 - Type size that's matchless (9) - NONPAREIL [DD]

18 - In making love, fool's forgotten statement (9) - SUMMATION conSUMMATION

21 - If Tom retreats at first, it would be an idea (5) - MOTIF {MOT<-}{IF}

22 - Exclaim in parenthesis son leaves cross as Jack comes in (9) - INTERJECT INTER(-s+j)JECT

24 - Rejects cubes? (5) - DICES [DD]

26 - A thousand and one regularly infiltrate war zone in country (7) - ARMENIA {AR{M}EN{I}A}

27 - Antipathy from girl in group of spectators moving ahead (7) - ALLERGY (-g)ALLER(+g)Y 

28 - Spend fixed period in prison to good purpose? (5,2,4) - WASTE NO TIME {WASTE} {NO} {TIME}

DOWN

1   - I've recast plan for people with new ideas (9) - CREATIVES*

2   - Say ship's lost its top (5) - UTTER cUTTER

3   - Italian diner returns pie to girl (9) - TRATTORIA {TRAT<-}{TO}{RIA}

4   - Raw beginner in commission to learn a different skill (7) - RETRAIN {RET{R}AIN}

5   - Close to Pole behind is Oriental (7) - EASTERN {E}{ASTERN}

6   - Retractable doctrine (5) - TENET <->

7   - Food for nutter in excitement (8) - NUTRIENT*

8   - About to leave kingdoms: charity needed (4) - ALMS reALMS

14 - Pointers to a disease (8) - SYMPTOMS [E]

16 - Animal doll Maria fixed (9) - ARMADILLO*

17 - File's out: “Dirty Place: the French manner of living” (9) - LIFESTYLE {FILE*}{STY}{LE}

19 - Cold covers? (7) - ICECAPS [CD]

20 - Shell found in a mental asylum? (7) - NUTCASE [DD]

22 - Indian queen one promoted in a foreign country (4) - IRAN (+i)IRAN(-i)

23 - Irene will be content to keep it coming (5) - RENEW [T]

25 - Opposition leader left part of Karnataka with one dog (5) - CORGI {COoRG}{I}

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