Read the Label
by Kegler

Ten of the Down answers each lose a letter to either the top or bottom unnumbered row.  In these cases, the remaining letters must be anagrammed to form a new word, which is entered in the grid.  The clues for these ten entries contain definitions for both words, but the wordplay describes only the longer of the two.  The removed letters will form two five-letter antonyms appropriate to the unclued four-word phrase in the shaded rows.

Across 1 A massage on a Caribbean island 6 French soldier's Hawaiian food starting to look unsatisfactory 10 Florid Hopper imbibes trio of cocktails 11 Bringing back fruit for runner Zapotek 13 Streakers ran into and upset Rose? 15 Feature broadcast anytime 16 Sink box containing treasure, essentially 17 Reportedly quiet section 19 Learns about pair of serviceable boxcars? 20 In sum, Reverend Spooner's big, gray (2 wds) 24 Neighborhood is, for you, initially attractive 25 Elisha's dancing with girl from Australia 26 Press disturbed maid about lie, ultimately 27 Suppress a yawn covering trial

Down 1 Out-of-control car hit principal 2 Swindler's castle 3 Working around strange bits consumed stubborn scientist 4 Expert actor Nicolas' onset of camera time 5 Musical composition by Dame Myra enthralling the French, anyway 6 Cement set end of last year 7 Drug overdose is starting to move systemization forward 8 Yemeni coins gentleman has put back for storytellers 9 Greek hero with pointed tools and pen with fifty uses 12 Determined malefactors reviled so badly 14 Some Arab states send back wild raves for shortcut 15 Lincoln, emotional ham, brashly describes Moorish palace 18 About certain plants, perhaps, Rosemary and Al talk loudly 19 Socks a Hebrew prophet 21 Knocked back drinks with actress Ward 22 Greeting Happy, dwarves' leader, inside 23 Headgear shielding top of ears is warm article

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