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27a. My first pound of cash transformed into a grand (5)
G???y

golly (from lolly)?

Thanks Trevor, just got the middle letter as L which fits with golly

5d. Wet steps in part of garden (9).
??a?d?r?d
Only idea is boardered which includes border or bordered but can't justify

Bladdered, ladder in bed?
At a pinch with 1 of the definitions of wet being tipsy whereas bladdered is normally very drunk.

Thanks ginge, I like your reasoning but not impressed by wet for bladdered. As you say, Bladdered suggests something much worse than wet!

Hi eiderjag, if you, or anyone else, dont come up with an alternative I'd be interested to know what appears in tomorrow's solution as I'm not a Herald reader (if you wouldn't mind).

Will do

Chambers gives "tipsy" for wet.
But, to me, tipsy is a long way from bladdered!

Well ginge and rusty the answer was indeed
Bladdered
We all agree a bit away from wet or tipsy!