Crossword No 5

           
               
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11            12      13         
           
14        15              16    17 
           
18    19  20                21     
           
22          23        24         
             
25              26             
               
27                  28        

Clues across
1Saint has everything in cattle-shed . . . (5)
4. . . but not the charged particle; that proves the rule (9)
9Tumbler to perform around confused pig (7)
10Making a home – in gents? (7)
11Information: be aware of shelf! (9)
13Precise one-time performance (5)
14Perhaps it isn’t green –that’s fascinating! (11)
16Are harking back to a period of time (3)
18Household pet turns back for deity (3)
20Contract wife’s joint, perhaps (11)
22Sidney turns his back on commanding officer in the dance-hall (5)
23Pause to take rapid meal (9)
25Current path at race-track (7)
26Be composed and defraud little sister at beginning of term (7)
27Agree to mixing of dry tea 24 hours ago (9)
28Arranges various 24 down (5)
Clues down
1Brilliant throw around park (9)
2Bearing left for landing place (7)
3Slip of girl losing her head to trainee (5)
4Consume every asparagus tip, initially (3)
5Eve nearly confuses innocence and suitability (11)
6Traveller sees prang (crashed) (9)
7Copy: “I am one on top of gallery” (7)
8Dark and thin – turns up around start of game (5)
12Spread dirt I busted – well spread! (11)
15Concerning somewhat proud church – make another like it? (9)
1719 down?  Small Frenchman in midst of primates (9)
1917 down?  Some French grab rise on its way up (7)
21Try to stomach challenge, weighing more (7)
22Day breaks around the European Community?  What rot! (5)
24Types of family on desert sands, initially (5)
26Shout: “100 on railway!” (3)

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