Crossword for Sat, 4/Jan/2020

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Across
1: Woodland deity posed six months (5)

3: On the canvas from third strike (3)

5: Not make it around first lash of whip (5)

8: Get rid of Tom for trip to North Pole (3,6)

10: Ball tops over-ripe bananas (3)

11: Undersized ones gripping coin, for starters (9)

12: Performer causes agent to lose head (5)

13: Prom couple steals crown from teen dress up (5)

14: Gambled on wicked stunt-man (9)

16: Accentuated the negative cry of pain during stop over? (9)

17: Understood I engaged in diplomacy (5)

19: Jules never dances (5)

21: Taper rude, non-standard deviation (9)

23: Arcking shot from Bill O'Brien (3)

24: These people don't know 'Cats' song I arranged (9)

25: Screams Yes! around line 50 (5)

26: Aliens set off (3)

27: Dragon's heart eaten by god of heathens (5)
Down
1: Putting your foot in it may incite Royal intervention (7)

2: Most in side swim in Derbys river (9)

3: . . . or working with one group of stars (5)

4: Kept definitely in step (9)

5: Irregular bouts of activity suit beach scrubbers (4,3,6)

6: Capone frequently gets high (5)

7: Catholic starts to raise awareness going into public defamation (7)

9: 'Ransom'? Lame. Run 'Rocky I', 'II', 'III', etc. (5,8)

14: Dry out. Heated? Dry out (9)

15: Housework really sucks! (9)

16: Celebrations to the light, right, every which way (7)

18: Turncoat's first motive for disloyalty (7)

20: Maverick starting to buck in wind (5)

22: Kicks watercraft (5)




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