Weekend crossword - The Scotsman 07/04/2012

Published on 07/04/2012 02:08

Saturday’s puzzle...

Across

1 Flowers in cathedral tower? (10,5)

9 One broadcasting out-of-doors (5)

10 Guy I leave travelling round universities (3,6)

11 Irritable at the border (2,4)

12 Hospital-al (8)

14 Quickly go without (4)

15 Fellow on track (10)

18 True food and drink (5,5)

19 Some are applauding German car (4)

21 Officer upset employees (8)

23 Vehicle lad overturned, the wrecker (6)

25 Not so overintense, arrange to come between (9)

26 Taxi in hut (5)

27 Agnes understood remarkable mild disposition (4-11)

Down

1 What nudists do with jumble (4-3,8)

2 Modern island state (3,6)

3 Provoke new general stopping short (6)

4 It is intended to lure one entering club (4)

5 Queenly female with excellent hand (5,5)

6 Nine bail out at event that does not happen every year (8)

7 Some psychological reasoning (5)

8 Had stillness and movement in northern area (8,7)

13 Tendency to judge someone that’s the result of having ring over one’s head (4,6)

16 Plastic template having capacity (9)

17 Clothes should be even after using this (8)

20 Moved rhythmically and contorted before last month’s upset (6)

22 Lady I love and court (5)

24 He takes after his father (4)

Friday’s solution

Across: 1 Plaster, 5 Giraffe, 9 Surfeit, 10 Watteau, 11 Mangetout, 12 Stint, 13 Nymph, 15 Prolonged, 16 Complicit, 18 Recap, 21 Backs, 22 Irascible, 24 Cadence, 26 Indices, 27 Lamprey, 28 Gardens.

Down: 1 Postman, 2 Acronym, 3 Theme, 4 Retrospectively, 5 Go without saying, 6 Rat, 7 Flexing, 8 Erupted, 12 Stour, 14 Hulls, 16 Cubical, 17 Macadam, 19 Cubicle, 20 Pleases, 23 Cedar, 25 Nor.

Last week’s solution

Across: 1 Gasify, 4 Eton crop, 9 Libero, 10 Leave out, 12 Octet, 13 Goods lift, 14 Haggard, 15 Toot, 19 Step, 21 Hoedown, 24 Cartwheel, 26 Specs, 27 Economic, 28 Facile, 29 Theology, 30 Red-hot.

Down: 1 Golgotha, 2 Sabotage, 3 First past, 5 The post, 6 Nevis, 7 Rookie, 8 Petite, 11 Aged, 16 Overstate, 17 Vote with, 18 One’s feet, 20 Peeping, 21 Hole, 22 Iciest, 23 Groove, 25 Whorl.