Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 26/05/2012

By DEREK ALLEN
Published on 26/05/2012 00:00

Saturday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

1 Junior accountant on island (7)

5 Cut nearly all and sundry (7)

9 Fold flags using discriminatory rules (6,9)

10 Pitch by northern loch (4)

11 Coating Sid removed for identifying illnesses (10)

13 I had left eastern loch during inactivity (8)

14 Transport in highland Austria (6)

16 I have trapped you and obtained tea (6)

18 Call most recent appointment (4,4)

21 A win could be said to be correct for wagon-maker (10)

22 Fine linen subject to unknown regulation first (4)

24 Something done by man at back of train first that is probably too late (9,6)

25 From corner ran Cyril having tendency to make mistakes (7)

26 Father lying about gas (7)

DOWN

1 How inferior manufacturers added to our difficulties? (4,6,5)

2 Gear for those not taking sides (7)

3 Annoy Rex on Corsica, say (4)

4 Intercept as scab is removed (8)

5 Coy about a horse covered in rough hair (6)

6 Recorder with disgusting horror film (5,5)

7 Told having changed sides inside it had been assessed again (7)

8 Got embarrassed having dropped features (4,11)

12 Dry when travelling by goods vehicle (2,3,5)

15 Stranded, having done a job in the kitchen (6-2)

17 Stormy rain hit area of nothing (4,3)

19 From Cairo an outlandish instrument (7)

20 Lady had great merriment without it (6)

23 Repeat the choral part (4)

Friday’s solution

Across: 1 Bobbing, 5 Gallant, 9 Aunties, 10 Vatican, 11 Standards, 12 Sadhu, 13 Deist, 15 Esplanade, 16 Topstitch, 18 Paths, 21 Place, 22 Right time, 24 Attempt, 26 Old gold, 27 Larders, 28 Tallier.

Down: 1 Biassed, 2 Bengali, 3 Iliad, 4 Gastroenteritis, 5 Gives up the ghost, 6 Lit, 7 Arcadia, 8 Tonsure, 12 Swamp, 14 Title, 16 Topsail, 17 Pla ster, 19 Tripoli, 20 Slender, 23 Tidal, 25 Mae.

Last week’s solution

Across: 1 Nutshell, 5 Famish, 10 Carry on, 11 Pigtail, 12 Lower, 13 Microchip, 14 Present address, 17 Cape of Good Hope, 21 Ignoramus, 23 Droit, 24 Blouson, 25 Oxalate, 26 Evelyn, 27 Stretchy.

Down: 1 Nicely, 2 Thrower, 3 Hey Presto, 4 Line management, 6 Anglo, 7 Ivanhoe, 8 Half-past, 9 Spectator sport, 15 Dehydrate, 16 Scribble, 18 Pinhole, 19 Prosaic, 20 Steely, 22 Risky.