Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 05/06/2012

Published on 05/06/2012 04:15

Tuesday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

1 Old butcher has rubbish piece of furniture (5,7)

9 Insufficiency reported in poverty-stricken metropolis (7)

10 Can’t she get organised with discipline? (7)

11 Swelling seen amid foetid eruption (4)

12 Brief treatment of roughage (5)

13 Cultural unit that’s totally self-centred (4)

16 With a backward look, write down melody of one of ‘The Planets’ (7)

17 Woollies used to secure part of tennis match with nothing scored (7)

18 Turns setting of toaster (7)

21 Many could wear appealing skirt (7)

23 Bar from one of ‘The Planets’ (4)

24 You are heard to plot composition of one of ‘The Planets’ (5)

25 Still I hope to find legendary beasts (4)

28 See code is decoded at last stage (7)

29 Fruit I part company with in puree (7)

30 Weigh performance of a certain musical exercise (4,3,5)

DOWN

2 Muster to make a whole number (5,2)

3 Father’s not out of agony (4)

4 Specify exactly when: when the sun isn’t shining? (7)

5 Cutting, but not right in (7)

6 Fraud that involves downloading from computers (4)

7 Animals living by the river are bounders (7)

8 Number preparing the Saints’ tea (12)

9 It’s clear engineers missed middle of day due to OTC treatment (6,6)

14 Impairs sound from radio frequency (5)

15 Is sunk in booze going down this to wed (5)

19 Evict equipage (4,3)

20 Work out books so as to be in the black (7)

21 Residence over the top in confined space (7)

22 Let Eric shift bird of prey (7)

26 Crown prince? Off with their head! (4)

27 Made from reptile, Odile’s left shoe (4)

Monday’s solution

Across: 1 Bulletin, 5 Combat, 9 Remained, 10 Fasten, 12 Tiller, 13 Solve, 16 Ritual, 17 Imprison, 20 Conceals, 21 Splits, 23 Septs, 25 Profit, 28 Ibidem, 29 Detained, 30 Notify, 31 Condense.

Down: 1 Bore, 2 Limp, 3 Eliminate, 4 Ideals, 6 Opals, 7 Battleship, 8 Tenderness, 11 Frame, 14 Procession, 15 Standpoint, 18 Reprimand, 19 Slope, 22 Forego, 24 Shelf, 26 Anon, 27 Edge.