No 9987, Saturday 30 Oct 10, Sankalak

Took me just 10 minutes today without exaggeration
ACROSS
1   - Area where fuel is found could transform a cold life (9) - COALFIELD*
5   - Unearth, looking for dirt may be (3,2) - DIG UP [DD}
8   - Building that batsman would hate to be back in (8) - PAVILION [CD]
9   - Relating to a cover for the lungs, say, more than one (6) - PLURAL (~pleural)
11 - Play it slow or fast time, love! (5) - {LENT}{O}
12 - The status of the gatecrasher (9) - UNINVITED [CD]
13 - Number that gets doubled in normal vision (6) - TWENTY-twenty
14 - The place for a bender renovated around the east (8) - {ABERD{E}EN*}
16 - Without warning, would a university deny LSD's wrong? (8) - {S(U)DDENLY*}
18 - Pharaoh who had a governor held by policemen (6) - {C{HE}OPS}
22 - Joint decision to solve green meat mystery (9) - AGREEMENT*
23 - Gather, or start gathering, French and English articles (5) - {G}{LE}{AN}
24 - Girl goes back into a shady place to cause a split (6) - {DIV{ID<-}E}
25 - Set apart a pound, find a place for it (8) - {A}{L}{LOCATE}
26 - It helps navigation in flying for a daredevil stunt (5) - RADAR [T]
27 - Severe blow in hot weather in Rajasthan perhaps (4,5) - DUST STORM [CD]
DOWN
1   - Flier, one trapped in business conspiracy (2-5) - {CO}-{P{I}LOT}

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2   - Go ahead with payment upfront (7) - ADVANCE [DD]
3   - A game that, for wealth, old Lee fixed (6-3-6) - FOLLOW-THE-LEADER*

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4   - Big departure that featured Paul Newman on screen (6) - EXODUS [DD]
5   - Staff officer delighted over arrangement to fulfil a promise (7,3,5) - {DELIVER THE GO(O)D(S)*}
6   - The thug's tool (7) - GAROTTE [CD]
7   - Knight errant puts boy in suffering (7) - {PA{LAD}IN}
10 - Arms, legs and wings (5) - LIMBS [E]
15 - He will grow to be a proverbially slippery one (5) - ELVER [CD]

16 - Damaging words make a Fijian, for one, lose head (7) - (-i)SLANDER
17 - The right number in performance is obtained from another (7) - {DE{R}{IV}ED}
19 - It seasons the food of a wild ass going up after a bit of oilcake (7) - {O}{REGANO<-}

20 - Solar smile! (7) - {SUN}{BEAM} &lit
21 - They support circus performers (6) - STILTS [CD]

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