ACROSS
1 Pelé played with Santos originally in Brazil, with Italian genius
(3, 6)
6 Carry male emblem (5)
9 Once shy type, American, into performing gospel shows! (11,4)
10 Proper time for performers (4)
11 Doctor visited me in the Bahamas (8)
14 Flowing from Cambridge, river with no name (9)
15 University probing girl suffering non-specific disease (5)
16 Farewell notice that is acceptable (5)
18 Throb with passion about painting live (9)
20 Dog - man accepting it's a mongrel (8)
21 Jerk dispatching second unwanted e-mail (4)
25 A remote place - North Dakota? (3,4,2,6)
26 Clear, for example, over hill-range (5)
27 'Genuine' article is forged (9)
DOWN
1 Barrels provide whisky? (5)
2 Head of learning centre arranged support for reading (7)
3 Bath? Time for a splash (4)
4 Take each last bit of crop? (4)
5 Three-sided contest following splits (10)
6 Entail it by rationalization? (10)
7 One drilling errant maverick? (7)
8 Change gear - it could be expedient (9)
12 Coping with pillars of society in a bear market (10)
13 One redirecting transport is above holding a small flag (10)
14 Eccentric person's grant covering bill (9)
17 Rather stained worsted (7)
19 Die covering Middle Eastern group's abuse (7)
22 Wine some doctor's hoarding (5)
23 Two females advanced after old, old man with dyke (4)
24 50% of house mix? (4)
To enter the competition send your solution in list format to derek@crosswordcentre.fsnet.co.uk before the 1st July 2006. The first correct entry picked will receive a copy of Chambers Book of Independent WEEKEND Crosswords which has been donated by the publishers.