Cryptic Crossword - The Scotsman 01/10/13

Across

1 Make a short visit at close end (4,3)

5 Broth from farm animals (5)

11 Investors on paper hear them sing at Christmas (3,6,6)

12 One to put one over on celebrity (4)

13 Propose to remove lid from money-box (5)

14 Source of fibre cut off end of charred wood (4)

17 Loader operating with difficulty (6)

18 Toast with whisky entails digestion (7)

20 Real fuss briefly introduced by saying no (7)

22 Commons party (6)

24 Scots gave education to American soldier (4)

25 Saw leading bird in rear (5)

26 His lecture covered the formation of Skye, for example (4)

29 A real fire announced, but denied to squaddies and trainee joiners (4,2,3,1,5)

30 Hand over drug removed from suspect joint (5)

31 I stared dumbfounded at how the jockey sat (7)

DOWN

2 Nice move for Theo, playing Shakespearean character (3,4,2,6)

3 Take a quick look at castle from opposite point of view (4)

4 Show a ruffle of discomposure when afraid (7)

6 Colour one discovered in explosive crystals (4)

7 Some ran, inclined to panic, but resolute (5,2,4,4)

8 Reported on last count to be sober (5)

9 Snakes and snakes’ associates beheaded (6)

10 A saint lies below, in pieces (7)

15 Good petrol can be made into plaster of Paris (5)

16 Racket heard when sheep-pig left (5)

19 Announced legitimate claims of workers in iron etc (7)

21 Form of prayer rewritten by laity, adding original note (6)

22 Wheels in your introduction to computing giant (7)

23 Unstable explosive? (5)

27 Fish with knife initially in dish (4)

28 Smell rumoured to come from Polish river (4)

Yesterday’s solutions

Across: 1 Hold back, 5 Hard-up, 9 Antelope, 10 Closed, 12 Tangerine, 13 Wrong, 14 Screed, 17 Naive, 20 Aspen, 21 Badger, 24 Treat, 25 Elaborate, 28 Undone, 29 Platform, 30 Sidles, 31 Stands by.

Down: 1 Hearts, 2 Latent, 3 Belie, 4 Capri, 6 Allowance, 7 Despotic, 8 Pedigree, 11 Mended, 15 Constance, 16 Emblem, 18 Tantrums, 19 Splendid, 22 Batons, 23 Seemly, 26 Allot, 27 Often.

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