Weekend crossword, The Scotsman 02/06/2012

Published on 02/06/2012 00:00

Saturday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

1 Endlessly realising how to gain advantage (4,2)

4 Skilfully removed idolatry (8)

9 Givin’ title to preparation applied to leather (6)

10 Provide the finishing touch in first-class style almost (3,2,3)

12 Might second person object to being a baby-sitter? (5,3,4)

15 Becoming brittle in waste disposal unit (6-3)

17 Some had taken Yaoundé to be the capital of this African country (5)

18 Alternative gentleman rejected was gold lace (5)

19 Lad getting the message (6-3)

20 Uninhibited coasting (12)

24 Eternal instrument? (8)

25 Ridiculous-looking person has sudden fear (6)

26 Negotiating a fort, Don moving both ways (2,3,3)

27 Island comprising three-quarters of the old country (6)

DOWN

1 Scollop wader hesitantly removed, that’s nonsense (10)

2 Tuberculous (not round) sort of micro-organism (10)

3 I competed covered in evergreen (5)

5 A normal duchy developing into two independent states with same king (4,8)

6 Very thin paper covering bulb (5-4)

7 Not this part of the seventh attempt (4)

8 It’s yellow in the middle when white’s on the outside (4)

11 Cheat who uses two packs of cards? (6-6)

13 Lady made connection without leaving anything out (10)

14 Throat inflammation, it’s angrily removed (10)

16 Dinner she cooked and cherished (9)

21 High cost of terminal (5)

22 One bird mating (2,2)

23 City is in Pennsylvania? Yes and no (4)

Friday’s solution

Across: Medicate, 9 Images, 10 Chalet, 11 Tamworth, 12 Amun, 13 Nurseryman, 15 Spartan, 17 Stalest, 20 Bottlenose, 22 Face, 24 Heraldic, 26 Habits, 27 Entire, 28 Ratholes.

Down: 1 Pelham, 2 Airliner, 3 Martingale, 4 and 5 Feature film, 6 Barony, 7 Gentians, 14 Entrechats, 16 Proteins, 18 Lifebuoy, 19 Concern, 21, Travis, 23 Cities, 25 Deep.

Last week’s solution Across: 1 Minorca, 5 Several, 9 Double standards, 10 Tarn, 11 Diagnostic, 13 Idleness, 14 Landau, 16 Gotcha, 18 Last post, 21 Wainwright, 22 Lawn, 24 Rearguard action, 25 Errancy, 26 Propane.

Down: 1 Made things worse, 2 Neutral, 3 Rile, 4 Abscissa, 5 Shaggy, 6 Video nasty, 7 Rerated, 8 Lost countenance, 12 On the wagon, 15 Washed-up, 17 Thin air, 19 Ocarina, 20 Hilary, 23 Echo.