Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 02/10/2012

ACROSS

1 Rewards for taking down underwear (7)

5 Shape another stage of development (5)

11 Mad horrible old gent to request entry to house (4,3,8)

12 Bends over the front of a boat (4)

13 It’s useful when the man gets records (5)

14 African country that can have a democratic leadership (4)

17 Embroiled in piracy, Prussians settle in Mediterranean island (6)

18 Come down hard on a gent who’s bowled over (7)

20 Damaged paintwork when car sped recklessly (7)

22 First comer takes anything that’s trapped (6)

24 Claim to be medic, giving shot (4)

25 Rumoured to be in a trance at Buddhist monument (5)

26 Partly-eaten burger wolfed down for something to eat (4)

29 Doing something unacceptable when being presented to King Neptune (8,3,4)

30 Wild, wild fear, lethal at the outset (5)

31 Saint Joan, for example, to write in toddlers’ enclosure (7)

DOWN

2 Single score at opponents’ ground may cause one to abscond (3,4,4,4)

3 Brains of Women’s Institute overcame extreme tests (4)

4 Alludes to drug concealed in pot shots (7)

6 Rent something that sounds more upmarket (4)

7 Be open to alternative reason for moon shot? (3,3,5,4)

8 Public relations honour awarded for investigation (5)

9 Axe decapitated kangaroo, for instance (6)

10 Is ready to leave the nest, having fled Gestapo at an early stage (7)

15 Sob when given exercises in underground room (5)

16 Drug passed round with religious expression of misgiving (5)

19 Obliquely carry out enquiry over a new Anglican (7)

21 Seeing chronology (6)

22 Coal pit dug out from Washington building (7)

23 Having normal capacities, sailor was in the forefront (5)

27 Shop in the way that father does (4)

28 Extremely light (4)

Monday’s solution

Across: 1 Demonstration, 10 Teacher, 11 Granite, 12 Rate, 13 Apply, 14 List, 17 Indulgent, 19 Hinge, 20 Gorge, 22 Assertive, 24 Rile, 25 Raise, 27 Acts, 30 Capture, 31 Rolling, 32 Belt and braces.

Down: 2 Enacted, 3 Oche, 4 Strap, 5 Regulates, 6 Trap, 7 Opinion, 8 Starting price, 9 Get the message, 15 Sleet, 16 Chart, 18 El Alamein, 21 Relapse, 23 Inclined, 26 Scrub, 28 Just, 29 Plea.