Crossword No 5 (third series)

           
           
        10                 
               
11                  12         
         
13        14      15        16     
           
17            18  19             
         
20    21      22        23        24 
               
25                  26         
               
27                       

Clues across
1One way to buy a car or get a heart transplant? (4,8)
9Fish?  Show disapproval about rotation of alternative . . . . (5)
10. . . . It’s fruit and nothing else! (5,4)
11Man in charge of finances makes flexible rate more certain . . . . (9)
12. . . . to give up dividend (5)
13Dish found in dip in country road (7)
15Small coin – gold, right? – depicts mythical creature (7)
17Two sailors (European) make sauce for 10 (7)
19Introductory remarks keep match official in step (7)
20Head-dress discovered in Tahiti  – a rare piece (5)
22Supremo’s ID – gift-wrapped (9)
25Stands in and dies upset, unfortunately (9)
26Best European tile is rejected (5)
27Getting rid of a celebrity, or casually mentioning one? (4-8)
Clues down
1He claims he has a chair (9)
2Ceremonies in which I rest, tossing about (5)
3Small space and big, to get bigger (7)
4Material used for eccentric projection on broken crib (7)
5Vexation displayed by girl holding cyan duck, flapping (9)
6Sphere, for instance, overturned with brownie inside (5)
7Let it stay in last etching (4)
8Policeman’s information on bad dream (8)
13Partly defining position on 6 gives freedom of movement (8)
14Eager aunt’s upset, giving assurance (9)
16Opening eyes and seeing cake without topping in shelter (9)
18Nudist whistle-blower? (7)
19Exercise set by newspapers at university (5-2)
21Little Alfred heard on the radio – a character (5)
23Ancient tribe existed when ice covered Northern Ireland (5)
24Joins 2 when undone – not right! (4)

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