Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 30/06/2012

Published on 30/06/2012 01:38

Saturday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

1 He initially produces trinitrotoluene (4,9)

10 Being the first of a series in August by the river (9)

11 Pupil to return to house (5)

12 Her way I mended was out of order (7)

13 Tend to slope (7)

14 Teased about being shabbily-dressed (6)

16 Fragment left from meal put in drawer with a pancake (8)

18 Soundly interrogate Heather, collaborator (8)

20 Head of couture in tartan, being cool (6)

23 Person making safe? (7)

24 Half of them exclude travel ban (7)

26 Pronouncedly icy study first that’s funnel-shaped! (5)

27 Request from computer needing schedule (9)

28 Nuclear material near the ground even by wild area (3,5,5)

DOWN

2 Turned tail before youth leader went to the country (5)

3 Hid rage suffering torment (3-4)

4 Persian king No 10 ready initially amongst expenses (6)

5 Sweet getting a licking (8)

6 As lawful to importune (7)

7 Biting acid that’s not quite freezing (9)

8 Regular recurrence on radio (4,9)

9 Two cows much farther down (5,3,5)

15 Signals do conflict during rapidly played series of notes (9)

17 Soviet leader arranged pardon using old verse (8)

19 Poem a learner concluded was songlike (7)

21 Lake with peninsula in the country (7)

22 Some more coiled round spring back (6)

25 Send timer off (5)

Friday’s solution:

Across: 8 Goutweed, 9 Onager, 10 Couple, 11 Integral, 12 Myna, 13 The starter, 15 Rosebay, 17 Slainte, 20 Weather map, 22 Stab, 24 Taciturn, 26 Trawls, 27 Denial, 28 Twitched.

Down: 1 Colony, 2 Stoppage, 3 Fenestrate, 4 Admirer, 5 Bolt, 6 Badger, 7 Decadent, 14 Telepathic, 16 Operates, 18 Instance, 19 Amanita, 21 Trivia, 23 Allied, 25 Ugli.

Last week’s solution:

Across: 1 Gravy train, 7 Gala, 9 Och, 10 Discomfort, 11 Iona, 12 Fit as a fiddle, 15 Swords, 17 Laid-back, 18 Best part, 20 Golden, 21 Middleweight, 24 Agar, 26 Grillsteak, 27 Ute, 28 Spam, 29 Reschedule.

Down: 2 Ruin, 3 Vociferated, 4 Tempt, 5 Arousal, 6 Notifying, 7 Ghi, 8 Landlocked, 13 Debilitated, 14 Sweeping up, 16 Scavenger, 19 The pits, 22 Gulch, 23 Tall, 25 Rum