Crpytic crossword - The Scotsman 04/06/2013

Tuesday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

1 Fantastic building houses social institutions on economic base (14)

9 Made holes when trained (7)

10 Said to make money over phone by day (7)

11 Startling noise heard at time of sack (4)

12 Jack is always seen after first light (5)

13 He is not defending beginners at the back (4)

16 Break picture, perhaps and begin again (7)

17 Boring food sent back, for example with little marks (6)

19 Rinses out sticky liquids (6)

22 Limited Scottish desire to use capital punishment (7)

25 It’s a nuisance keeping Dad from going out (4)

26 At a loss as to why pages turned brown with age (5)

27 Row over flicks (4)

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30 Be seeing you in good spirits, as they say, with nothing (7)

31 Artist on shipping line who opened a can of worms? (7)

32 Spelling puzzle ‘ghoti’ given to QI host who has different concerns (5,4,2,3)

DOWN

1 Badly bruised on nose at start with mutton chop (8)

2 Toxins cause French fish to lose original savour (7)

3 Depend, in actual fact, on removing a leading lady (4)

4 Ditties composed by the most orderly (7)

5 Sunders arrangement to take clothes off (7)

6 Braced, they say, to be trained (4)

7 Managed sovereign in order of preference (7)

8 Play equipment that’s left inside (5)

14 Foundation for scholar’s relative (5)

15 Element that’s a great benefit when nerve centre’s involved (5)

18 Sybarite’s rewritten collection of animal tales (8)

20 I’ve returned to make a noticeable reduction in what’s clear (7)

21 Break journey to plug outlet (4,3)

22 Phrases translated by native mountaineers (7)

23 Telling off about demonstration (7)

24 Glasses needed to see plans partner (5)

28 It’s accurate to find every other step on its route (4)

29 Pun I tried to include in module (4)

Monday’s solution

Across: 1 Trade barriers, 10 Respond, 11 Gentile, 12 Undo, 13 Heals, 14 Hope, 17 Lies about, 19 Basic, 20 Match, 22 Gardeners, 24 Keen, 25 Inept, 27 Yeti, 30 Retains, 31 Emotion, 32 Second strings.

Down: 2 Residue, 3 Drop, 4 Badge, 5 Regulator, 6 Iona, 7 Ruinous, 8 Trouble-makers, 9 Repercussions, 15 Lathe, 16 Ibsen, 18 Orgamised, 21 Theatre, 23 Evening, 26 Pleat, 28 Lido, 29 Topi.