Hi Rian,
Thank you for your interest in NXP LPC product, I would like to provide service for you!
1. It's possible to have digital glitch filtering active while using power down mode?
No, as you know, the digital glitch filtering should use the filter clock, and the filter clock is selected from the peripheral clocks, you can get it from the user manual:

But in the power down mode:

You can get that all the peripheral clocks are disabled except for the watchdog timer.
So, you can't use the digital glitch in power down mode, and you test already verify it.
2. it's possible to just wake-up the part and NOT jump to interrupt vector?
From low power wake-up conditions in the flowing picture:

You can get that you must enable the NVIC.
But in the Deep power-down mode, you can wake up on a pulse on the WAKEUP pin, and don't need to use interrupt.
Wish it helps you!
If you still have question, please let me know!
Have a great day,
Jingjing
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