Quick crossword - Scotland on Sunday 22/04/2012
ACROSS
3 Ecstatic about coiffure for the prom (8)
8 Quiet over gaining a pair in cricket? Get away! (4)
9 & 23 Down Exaggerated distress when phony delegation was ejected (5,2,3,5)
10 Single female goes to the ship, following the motorway (4)
11 Old-fashioned sex appeal is on the way out (4)
13 Offspring of artist returns the detection equipment (5)
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Hide Ad17 & 18 Across Wander about with actors and the French broadcaster (6,6)
19 Takes an age to find an amusing character, so to speak (5)
22 Long to lose last part of this period (4)
24 Suzanne might give games a try, at least partially (4)
25 Discouragement of French playwright adopting recipe (10)
26 Moved swiflty to secure German currency (4)
27 Boxing commentators here are swilling gins in dire confusion? (8)
DOWN
1 & 4 Down Riches confuse green French tennis star (5,5)
2 Creeps around steeped in drink – it’s very hush-hush (3,6)
4 See 1 Down
5 They hop from endless grasses, in extremis! (5)
6 The alternative to a heavyweight playwright (5)
7 Right-wingers embrace male ideas, still to be tested (8)
12 State article goes after Isle of Wight (4)
14 Those seeing outside broadcast with tennis players (9)
15 Find dates here and clear off (8)
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Hide Ad16 Jocky excelled here – one Cockney hero exited, for starters! (4)
20 Continue to play in London (5)
21 Monsters turn back with the remainder, almost (5)
22 Give up produce (5)
23 See 9 Across
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION:
Across 1, Loom large. 8, Deter. 9, Tethers. 11, Portia. 12, Nations. 13, Oder. 14, Cat. 17, Eve. 18, Rook. 21, Soldier. 23, Appeal. 24, Stagger. 25, Elemi. 26, Anecdotal. Down 2, Opera. 3, Mohair. 4, Ros. 5, Edmonds. 6, Stature. 7, Great Bear. 10, Rang. 12, Necklaces. 15, Trapped. 16, Romania. 19, Post. 20, Adagio. 22, Enema. 24, Sue.