Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 15/09/12

Published on 15/09/2012 03:00

Satruday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

1 Housing compromise (13)

10 The man beginning to include notice has initial advantage (4,5)

11 Case that expands naturally? (5)

12 Experience ground shifting energetically initially inside (7)

13 Prevailing trend of one in class with friend (7)

14 How one who made another soundtrack was made a knight (6)

16 Do not recall item that doesn’t matter (6,2)

18 Absentees cannot give their names in it (4-4)

20 Hard up for a change whilst screening women from men (6)

23 Dear Bella scrambled egg before five inside (7)

24 No ahs with an unusual shout of praise (7)

26 Doctor, a higher graduate making stage show (5)

27 Dog went after ground vehicle (4,5)

28 Sees (5,4,4)

DOWN

2 Cold solid vegetable (5)

3 Notice former pupil translating verse (7)

4 Catcall about a party in the field (6)

5 Used to find gold (8)

6 Making the correct marking (7)

7 How Ham played exaggeratedly (9)

8 Does this bone cut upper part of body? (8-5)

9 Boards in the way (6,7)

15 Hundred centavos coming from this country, nothing else (9)

17 With great merriment join together in choir (4,4)

19 Eccentric Jack included where taxis stand (3-4)

21 Loose news cur unravelled (7)

22 About a tenth of Kent (6)

25 Labourer against entering service (5)