Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 07/07/12

Published on 07/07/2012 03:32

Saturday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

1 Not the top team that’s bottom (8)

5 Rodent in danger Bill rescued (6)

9 Not completely step on raised part of floor (8)

10 Last character in Iowa accepted new flower (6)

11 Landed gentleman on left right to include tree-dweller (8)

13 Finally Sal, upset, taken in by a teetotaller (2,4)

14 I leave vehicle duty (3)

16 At home with company although unwell (6)

19 Profiting? (7)

20 Coarse fraction? (6)

21 Cot plot (3)

26 Regret being locked up again (6)

27 Oriental reproduced account (8)

28 I replaced label outside subject to legal action (6)

29 Bars having no meeting-place (8)

30 Cape maybe concealing oriental floral display (6)

31 Stretch of road with no vehicles? (8)

DOWN

1 He is in finest order (6)

2 Summon everybody in sporting contest (4,2)

3 Splendid according to twelfth man outside (6)

4 Label, cut it off, say (6)

6 Being sexist ingeniously to a certain extent (8)

7 Man’s difficult situation in African country (8)

8 One gets a fat lot out of it paradoxically (4,4)

12 Wash three foreign articles (7)

15 Initially with a revolutionary series of engagements (3)

16 Used when writing is in full flow? (3)

17 Flood outlet that prevents flooding (8)

18 Mistake made by attendant on slide (8)

19 Great relative was enabled to have cover for one hand (8)

22 Give particulars of the item (6)

23 Endlessly crazy fruit (6)

24 Unwell in front of ship - because of this wave (6)

25 On stage for amusement (2,4)

Yesterday’s solution:

Across: 1 Intifada, 5 Spoilt, 10 Two arms, 11 Ioniser, 12 Cop it, 13 Nostalgia, 14 Brief encounter, 17 After breakfast, 21 Stilettos, 23 Earth, 24 Oregano, 25 Hygiene, 26 Dishes, 27 Student.

Down: 1 Intact, 2 Trooper, 3 First gear, 4 Disintegration, 6 Panda, 7 Insight, 8 Tartanry, 9 First-class shot, 15 Unfledged, 16 Password, 18 Trivets, 19 Surgeon, 20 Cheeks, 22 Evade.