Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 28/05/2012

Published on 28/05/2012 03:36

Monday’s puzzle...

Across

1 Drops a stage role; it leaves a hole (5,5)

6 Pull up with a short way to go (4)

10 Stepping off may ruin games, in a way (9)

11 Tree may turn out to be in demand, just like a writer (5)

12 Trifling amount of seed, bearing fruit (6)

13 Have excellent drink in front of engineers (7)

15 Denounce, with little hesitation, at times commonly (9)

18 At first, dam spring in order to be settled (5)

19 Regulate class grade, on condition (5)

21 Teams up with peer who takes over (9)

23 Mean to take right line round you, it’s said, in the lobby (7)

24 Appears to get a boost in wage packets, at last (6)

27 Do the Spanish object to European ruling class? (5)

28 Is one having to come round to cut corners? (9)

29 Find a garden inside a closed enclosure (4)

30 At European level, vehicles need brakes (6-4)

DOWN

1 Weak leaders turn away more easily (4)

2 Cast down having made a stand (5)

3 Turned down prunes dished up before dinner, initially (7)

4 Some top sprinters aim to impress (5)

5 Display lack of energy by a royal archivist (9)

7 Is about to offer to negotiate for another (9)

8 Ramble with enthusiasm, showing urge to move from place to place (10)

9 Is criticised when told to get covered up (6)

14 At heart, poems will create a mood (10)

16 Gradually weaken subordinate belonging to me (9)

17 Press men are about to accept some drinks (9)

20 Made trouble when one had to rise up trapped by left-winger (6)

22 Record a small poem, in the event (7)

24 Find a 14 down inside a romantic setting (5)

25 A boy led a girl like Heather (5)

26 Installs flags on the way, we hear, in groups (4)