Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 19/09/12

Published on 19/09/2012 03:45

Wednesday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

1 Amount owed in writing? (4-4)

5 There’s nothing in immoral habits of singers (6)

10 Let these past events be put aside to be themselves (7)

11 Inside shop a query about it being more impervious to light (7)

12 Lady in Berlin dancing (5)

13 Leave charge of wilful abandonment (9)

14 Remakes charter about investigation into selling (6,8)

17 Very best French (5,2,2,5)

21 Snow next to timber washed up by the sea (9)

23 Nosey (5)

24 China, Ming initially, one found in another German city (7)

25 Not like bacon, it had not been treated successfully (7)

26 Sign revolutionary guru went inside always (6)

27 Frank I had shortly said to be fully aware of what is involved (4-4)

DOWN

1 Most of champagne, European, at the Dome (6)

2 Oregon, then Georgia and New Zealand produced a silk material (7)

3 I haven’t the faintest idea why you shouldn’t get information from first person (4,3,2)

4 Near spot that’s unimportant (6,3,5)

6 Exalted over display (2,3)

7 One running newspaper (7)

8 Second crisp making crushing sound (8)

9 John’s mad puppet performed in athletic event (3,4,3,4)

15 Scheme for peace Ernie concocted I study (9)

16 An accountant I made reform scholarly world (8)

18 Was it in initially grieving that one was leaving? (7)

19 Practically untouchable (7)

20 Avoided judge in rising river (6)

22 Immobilising gun is not electronic question (5)

Yesterday’s solution:

Across: 1 Cut for partners, 9 Nascent, 10 Palmyra, 11, 12, 13 Tell a good yarn, 16 Undress, 17 Too odd, 19 Toasts, 22 Rubicon, 25 Dope, 26 Frogs, 27 Pair, 30 Present, 31 Emended, 32 In the headlines.

Down: 1 Construe, 2 Tussled, 3 Opec, 4 Potages, 5 Rapport, 6 Nile, 7 Reynard, 8 Barns, 14 Lease, 15 Hobby, 18 Intrudes, 20 Orphean, 21 Stretch, 22 Rig veda, 23 Chardin, 24 Adept, 28 Mesh, 29 Teal.