Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 02/12/2011

Friday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

1 New school put near for individual attention (8,5)

10 Primitive society roughly trims situation round Bali (9)

11 Unquiet past, perhaps (5)

12 I scheme to assemble underwear ... (7)

13 ... knowing how to change panties (7)

14 Mausoleum, for example, contains penny with other money (6)

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16 Person I make trouble for and run in becomes detainee (8)

18 Happening to hear it’s infectious (8)

20 New wife eats one meat pie (6)

23 It’s friendly to relate a loud story (7)

24 In southern union left a leading reporter cut off from the world (7)

26 Architect has good German car (5)

27 The identity parade before a match (3,6)

28 Revolutionary version of Patrick Moore show affords bucolic pleasure (3,3,2,5)

DOWN

2 A-list, high-end, low-calorie connection (5)

3 Break up if it’s creepy round about (7)

4 Features one in reports (6)

5 Most of early mass is broadcast from monastery (8)

6 Autumn rhapsody, perhaps, on marine life (7)

7 Business editor is worried (9)

8 Run of the mill conversation at bourse (5,8)

9 While we are strict, you are heard to get some latitude in France, Germany etc (7,6)

15 Flat perhaps is not in agreement (3,2,4)

17 Hold seances, trying to discover roots (8)

19 Little people putting little things on stove (7)

21 He composed in one Scottish region first (7)

22 Strip off and change colour of top, we hear (6)

25 Parasite featured in ‘The Triple Echo’ (5)

Thursday’s solution

Across: 3 Score, 8 Ferret, 9 Nearer, 10 Chance, 11 Chambers, 12 Ria, 13 Staffa, 14 Sceptres, 17 Oversee, 19 Cut into, 23 Coasters, 27 Tangle, 29 Ago, 30 Stranger, 31 Decent, 32 Reveal, 33 Tanner, 34 Scare.

Down: 1 Red-hot, 2 Transfer, 3 Steerage, 4 Outcast, 5 Engage, 6 Rabbit, 7 Hearse, 13 Scope, 15 Pot, 16 Slope, 18 Set, 20 Up-to-date, 21 Innocent, 22 Tsarina, 24 Outlet, 25 Spares, 26 Engels, 28 Linnet.