Clue-In Cryptic #1

by the Cryptic Clue Workshop (see below)

INSTRUCTIONS

The clues in this puzzle are special. The standard 
definition and cryptic wordplay are nested, instead
of being placed side by side:

00. Cryptic def. [standard def.] cryptic cont'd (0)

00. Standard def. [cryptic def.] standard cont'd (0)

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ACROSS

 1. Bad info: tourists may pick this up near luggage (7,8)
 9. Go accumulate black bananas (7)
10. A couple of Bull twi-nighters with Buffalo (7)
11. Former show place? (10)
12. Stomach yowling, having dull pain on the inside (4)
14. Rapid delivery company demands increases (8)
16. Beat on a decorated skin drum (6)
18. Slaps first of three family members in the face, as an example (6)
19. Shy about unmanly peculiar drawl (8)
21. Anatomist finally labels stomach muscles (4)
22. Sandy skipping eloquent introduction (10)
26. Let loose again (7)
27. Turn on element of oven for central heat (7)
28. David Copperfield's aid escaping trap improved big finish (12,3)

DOWN

 1. Tale with a false, qualified moral (5)
 2. Nervous person's summary rejection (5)
 3. I'll clarify new stature (10)
 4. Close lingerie laces (8)
 5. Act I: it comes after cuing lights and camera on (6)
 6. Biting taste repelled pest (4)
 7. Bad at dice, quit playing (9)
 8. One prostitute drove by in extremes of ecstasy and all (9)
13. Street music of India: covering in person (10)
14. Turned out simple cryptic (9)
15. Little pigeon scraps Grace left unfinished (9)
17. Lord, a man of action, takes store over (8)
20. Rich voice redeems band (6)
23. Art: a passage from the heart filled with love (5)
24. Depress VCR button after beginning (5)
25. Kirk's kind of power supports raw escalating speed (4)

SOLUTION

A solution grid and solving notes are available: solution.

CREDITS

Clues in this puzzle were developed using a 
collaborative process by participants in the 
Crossword Talk area of the New York Times online 
forum at http://forums.nytimes.com.

Will Johnston
Bob Stigger
Marilyn Castle
Craig Fowler
Dan Chall
Greg Brume
Heidi Schroeder
Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon
Theresa Cunningham
Margaret Hoglund
Mike Fidler

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Will Johnston, editor
wij@world.std.com