Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 06/08/2012

Published on 06/08/2012 04:37

Monday’s puzzle...

Across

1 Stands over a marine so he can serve as a soldier (4,4)

5 Review the rank and file in procession (6)

9 Avoid being a witness, but seem to get away with it (4,4)

10 Put the brakes on, in order to block sabotage (6)

12 Seriously, restyle an organisation (9)

13 We’re told downpours are now the rule (5)

14 Record over a small mass, to get a blood product (6)

17 Go off to bowl the final over (5)

20 Former pupil got a degree from the top man (5)

21 Want to get second model settled (6)

24 Aim to scrutinise a great deal to get an impression (5)

25 Short-lived passage over two opposing hands (9)

28 Girl who used to come out with teacher, returned with odds and ends (6)

29 Managed to take a turn, etc, although cut short (8)

30 Danced to a drum getting hollow-eyed (6)

31 Devout minister had little time for missing daughter (8)

Down

1 May quarrel over £1, in theory (6)

2 Did a troubadour get round on our side? (6)

3 Is informed of grant for missing degree, at the end (5)

4 Had plans to get second-class model (5)

6 Valued senior officer captured Belgium ... and Europe (9)

7 A boy in the isle became a statesman (8)

8 Tie up entry in perpetuity (8)

11 Besides, have to hurry along a detour (2-4)

15 Get minimal amount with one’s first earnings, however (9)

16 A tense outlook for the upper house (6)

18 Think about opposition, by-the-way, to royalty (8)

19 Supported concrete material (8)

22 Object to first-night, say, with a note to follow (6)

23 Bear witness to a time-trial (6)

26 Undertake to have a good run at core speeds (5)

27 It’s wrong to go to church from that time on (5)