Across
1
Fellow, covered in fur, made Spooner utter a prayer (4,4)
5
Admitted fellow is inside and not thrown out (4,2)
9
Nasty scum I fight for vintage entertainment system (5,3)
10
Little Scottish creature removes article for close friend (6)
12
Nurses on mad rotation means nobody sleeps (6,5)
15
Fool starts to turn white eating raw prawns (5)
17
Sextet with talent shows prospect of making it (9)
18
Relaxed performer’s backstage requirement making classic film (4,5)
19
Central economic unit some say is indispensable (2,3)
20
Steam celery, then turn it into an empty vessel (4,7)
24
Novel little song sounds bare in this state (6)
25
Ordinary artist, half cut, becomes shopkeeper (8)
26
Go wrong filling pastry for French chap (6)
27
Daily ingestion of sulphur may keep skin looking healthy (8)
Down
1
One of us is taking on relationship type of studies (10)
2
Popular fiction genre has us on tenterhooks (2,8)
3
Chinese region producing rainwear with gold finish (5)
4
Driver mood is perturbed delivering mobile furniture (4-8)
6
Delight receiving green car for promotion (9)
7
Sums made by heartless solicitors (4)
8
Regularly uncovers disagreeable voters (4)
11
Doctor creating oral list of health problems! (5,7)
13
Petty officials not so important when bidding for bridge (5,5)
14
Sort I employed to put words together (10)
16
Guideline creates safe environment for a strike (9)
21
Material delivered in oily crates (5)
22
Cut up nails that are cheap (4)
23
Chopper used in evacuated annexed zone (4)