Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 31/07/12

Published on 31/07/2012 03:54

Tuesday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

1 Saintly way with eggs? (8)

5 The mob overcame closing time and exulted (6)

10 I came, said Caesar, with boy, to hunt deer (7)

11 Rough to accept as returning from war in the name of religion (7)

12 The chauffeur’s taken five, and now it’s not so wet (5)

13 Personal stories make toes dance merrily (9)

14 Does principal barrister give advice suggesting pre-determined answer? (7,7)

17 Wagon carrying classy musician overturns lot, leaving it in the lap of the gods (8,2,4)

21 Not being sensible, adopt wrong angle in Asia (9)

23 Islamic teacher is first class on island (5)

24 Having got ticking off at end of shift, inclined to cry (7)

25 Rush pot somehow to Tottenham (7)

26 There’s a cup that does this _ and a glass that follows it! (6)

27 Hot bars made dubiously rigid to see right being performed (8)

DOWN

1 The cows see poet as central to Black Sunday (6)

2 The sound of silence is one on trial (2,5)

3 Cast doubt on DVD, hearing I’ve got the book (9)

4 Don’t be a split personality _ keep impulses under control (7,7)

6 Part song and drinks for everyone (5)

7 Spectres’ appearance is interrupted by Fury (7)

8 Red is sly in arranging in a way that’s tastefully showy (8)

9 Schoolmaster: can he create scenic explosion? (7,7)

15 When minute lid is moved, it becomes infinite (9)

16 Teachers and lecturers get up to piece of foolery in the ocean (8)

18 One woman and another are suffering from 21, perhaps (7)

19 Gambol around Long Island with compass (7)

20 Empty place for dancers to practise on first night (6)

22 Another animal spoken of as dogsbody (5)

Across: 1 Latches on to, 9 Horde, 10 Untested, 12 Rampant, 13 Abetter, 14 Scene, 15 Houseboat, 18 Antelopes, 20 Brawn, 21 Incline, 24 A priori, 25 Flourish, 26 Adieu, 27 Independent.

Down: 2 Average, 3 Courtship, 4 Extra, 5 Obscene, 6 Theft, 7 Charismatic, 8 Drumbeat, 11 Pretentious, 16 Unscathed, 17 Oratorio, 19 Leisure, 20 Bargain, 22 Colon, 23 Exile.