ACROSS
1 Almost selected 105 gallons
of wine that’s for watering down (8)
5
Dismantle a steel plant (6)
9 Becomes
common for Charlie to have fabricated reasons
(8)
10 Magic vehicle comes back with
Scandinavian man on board (6)
12 OK to
beg? Not so (5)
13 Recently old
solvers have strayed wildly (9)
14 They
will protect legs against splashing of slop and gore
(12)
18 Deigned to take the plunge in
company with Scottish youngster (12)
21
Preferred position to dump unlimited oil
(9)
23 Head of Lottery is behind backing
of a weird type of art (5)
24 More than
50% of disasters come to light (6)
25
Money-making drug swindle with roundabout means of reaching an
audience? (8)
26 Row among the toughest
ringleaders (6)
27 Fine excuses put by a
defendant in the closing stages
(8)
DOWN
1 Interrupt by shouting
"Turn left cheek" (6)
2 Uncommon mark on
lower half of face (6)
3 Secretary with
understanding about money transfer could be perfect
(4,5)
4 Girl has crush about rising
economist? (5,7)
6 Avoid the Spanish bloke
who has blown his top (5)
7 Regularly hold
girl in nick at start of year (8)
8
Campaigner is initially trapped at the back of the hall
(8)
11 Huge church abandoned by converted
Roman Catholics (12)
15 Back up around
Tyneside non-Tory girl has problem with breathing
(9)
16 Destroys happy pills found by
special constable (8)
17 A fool said sport
can keep you warm (8)
19 Chinese
expedition starts to cross border next to a part of Ukraine
(6)
20 Permission to intermingle during
games (6)
22 Periodical is hideous rag
with no backing to protect it (5)
