Cryptic crossword - 04/08/15 The Scotsman

Tuesday’s puzzle

ACROSS

1 Hey! Record prank played out at London junction (4,4,6)

9 Aquatic plants with many applications (7)

10 Go wild with fury having seized power (7)

11, 12 and 13 Attack why people are waiting outside pub’s emergency exit line (4,3,2,4)

16 Takes offence when gifts are left unopened (7)

17 Deduce wrongly and be damned (6)

19 Poems delivered to sailors’ homes (6)

22 Find out if cafe’s been cleared up by street-cleaner (7)

25, 26 and 27 Advance when name called, perhaps, but misbehave (4,3,2,4)

30 Met dons in preparation for final (7)

31 Try love involvement in open fashion (7)

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32 Coins naturally cause decision to go the other way (6,2,6)

DOWN

1 Her pilot crashed on landing platform (8)

2 Hates Department of Education exams (7)

3 It’s a nuisance when nothing’s left of Italian sauce (5)

4 Alters the position of English audience initially during intervals (7)

5 Vehicle to surrender pass document in artery (7)

6 Reputed to wander through imperial city (4)

7 Formerly it was enough to provide model (7)

8 Girl who’s worth a lot if pretty (5)

14 Insinuatingly bitchy when dines out (5)

15 South African objection reversed for brass (5)

18 Way to send message before fax to one said to be keen on the box? (8)

20 Wide extent of life around on first day (7)

21 Hurry away furtively with vocal bucket (7)

22 Make a song and dance when songs and dances etc are cancelled (4,3)

23 Squander battered food 7)

24 Tree that can be used to substitute for writer (5)

28 Drag north in built-up area (4)

29 Bird with long legs made shorter by brave person (4)