Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 03/01/2012

Tuesday’s puzzle...

Across

1 Ultimate damage (8)

5 One left in green fodder (6)

9 Put money on sheer material (8)

10 Bears in beds, we hear (6)

12 Everyone that is dead was on the same side (6)

13 Musical piece taken a little bit at a time (5)

16 Tear GI apart in A & E department (6)

17 Renounce composition — fear rows (8)

20 ST GEORGE’S, ROME (8)

21 They say not many people do roofing work — it’s a waste of time (6)

23 Embroidery circle held by former inhabitant of Scotland (5)

25 You and I know, one might say, to add water (6)

28 Hardy partner discovered in evergreen tree (6)

29 Moisturiser, perhaps, used near sick disorder (8)

30 Works hard as stew’s cooked (6)

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31 Sars rampant in beleaguered city — remark on gruesomeness (3,5)

Down

1 Rock where mother’s in charge inside (4)

2 Cockney Jimmy told to be quiet (4)

3 Used to illuminate paste jam (9)

4 It’s dopey to lower rubbish upside down (6)

6 Were its topless towers made of bone? (5)

7 In chaos, it is then as the very opposite (10)

8 Simple pitch to nab sitting duck (4,6)

11 Goodbye from sound receivers, a non-starter (5)

14 Makes a collection of animals with uncomfortable affliction (10)

15 Main feature portrays the whole story (3,7)

18 Wine said in England to be rather sour (9)

19 and 22 Warm feeling a hamper, according to Dr Spooner, to making exploded with anger (4,1,6)

24 Stealing results in first-time hoist (5)

26 Yes, German will take Italian, go to Indonesian island (4)

27 Say there isn’t a town near Falkirk with no name (4)

Monday’s solution:

1 Spar, 3 Formalised, 10 Ventilate, 11 Trust, 12 Rules, 13 Literary, 15 Impious, 17 Officer, 19 Nirvana, 21 Recited, 22 Bergamot, 24 Lathe, 27 Crude, 28 Reinforce, 29 Thermostat, 30 Read.

Down: 1 Sovereigns, 2 Annul, 4 Oracles, 5 Maestro, 6 Later, 7 Square cut, 8 Date, 9 Diaspora, 14 Bridgehead, 16 Persecute, 18 Facelift, 20 Admires, 21 Retsina, 23 Gleam, 25 Terse, 26 Scot.

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