£5,000 Prize Crossword 

Across
1. Horse of a different colour seeks refuge
7. Annoyed in Paris but perfectly satisfied!
8. Gentle approach takes top job
10. Female swan in fight with lizard.  Ooh Err Missus.
11. Roman numerals are used here, beware the Greek though.
12. Albert knows he is excluded, but not waterlogged.
15. Thursday's child lacks a nursery rhyme today
18. City gent in parasol blunder - don't look now Mabel.
20. African tribe settles out of court.
22. Condign censure an eloquent sufficiency - for once?
24. Pigeon's pleasure - Trafalgar Square-wise.
26. Navally speaking, I'm in a gaze, says guru.
27. Phrasebook meets a sticky end

Down
2. Camel hump may need shopkeeper's agreement
3. I'm a celebrity, get me out of here! Schrodinger's Cat is famous, no?
4. Wildfire spreads like this in Tunisia
5. Altar boy gets Greek lessons for Mars bars
6. Morse code dashed on the rocks
9. Spectacle in Puce, you see.
13. Benign furniture asks no favour
14. Telling Tales. Potter says No
16. Mathematician needed for flower arranging gathering
17. Top Dog shuns thug's hat
19. A well-deserved onion for wild Coyote
21. It's all Bits and Bytes to Ronnie
23. Australian no-rules Olympiad tries out unsuccessfully
25. Crossword Hoax fails to amuse

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