THC-crossword thread-7; 5 answers PP till 4 pm IST

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Across
1 Routine plot including love and Bollywood’s essential dancing (12) CHOREOGRAPHY
8 Poor clue's back to front (4) THIN
9 Possibly one in Capitol (10) POLITICIAN
11 During funeral I lie dead, covered in flowers (6) LILIED
12 Sweeping changes initially to government educational activity (8) GROOMING
14 Cheers tariff being cut repeatedly (2-2)
16 Wiggling of toe is a flirtatious move (7)
18 Drug laws broken by one in Berlin (7)
19 Knock out performance cut short (4)
22 Advocate to get delayed (2,6)
23 Arrive outside hotel in a poor district (6)
24 A key shift in business (10)
26 Administer drugs for inside information (4) DOPE [2]
27 How little musk mostly becomes odourless (7,5)

Down
2 Soldier on bhang in the regiment arrested (4,2,5) HANG IN THERE (T)
3 Express parking in charge (5)
4 Study circles unknown to keep record (6) (OO)(LOG)(Y)
5 Dispense with it on a tour abroad (6,3) RATION OUT*
6 Film with best sound (3)
7 Protruding feature surrounding a mountain range (5)
10 Relation is more cheerful when not taking sides (6)
13 Movie star charting a timeline capturing work (7,4) MATINEE I(DO)L*
15 Federer perhaps, at first totally different in person (6,3)
17 Direct deliveries through empty godown (6)
20 Commercial conflict at sea (6)
21 Erects a shrine? (5)
23 Polished a gem full of luminance and sparkle (5)
25 Take in tenants periodically (3)