Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 05/06/13

Wednesday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

1 Administration of oath at the empty specially equipped building (11)

9 Making good coupling once more (9)

10 Heroin, a little can cause addiction (5)

11 Outbuilding abandoned (4)

12 The star act performed in one continuous period (2,1,7)

14 Removed 24 down cover (4)

15 Bat without responsibility? (3-2-5)

19 At ball in this about two hours before midnight (10)

20 Some flighty rough novice (4)

21 Fruity drink squeezer? (5,5)

23 Fellows receiving single bearing (4)

25 Take it easy, note lacks sound (5)

27 Ink-cap Eli removed awkwardly situated (2,1,6)

28 Male, one prone to give confidential information, say, about soup (11)

DOWN

1 Liked it when it increased (11)

2 Excursion to the dance (4)

3 I can still explode spark (9)

4 A snug resort in Forfar area (5)

5 Natural within this place on Northern Territory (8)

6 Person of importance gets the point for writing (3)

7 Man’s natural surroundings mainly (5,3)

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8 Something impressive artist might do, bit of sketching (4)

13 Twinkly egg I smashed over hedgehog! (11)

16 Support the boards behind the scenes (9)

17 Thrashed, badly routed going round North Carolina (8)

18 An ox Eric removed refusing food (8)

21 How to preserve one’s health? (4)

22 A sailor turned up about one for Indian dish (5)

24 Go down in the bathroom (4)

26 Be without most of resin (3)

Tuesday’s solution

Across: 1 Superstructure, 9 Drilled, 10 Diurnal, 11 Boot, 12 Lever, 13 Hind, 16 Restart, 17 Stodge, 19 Resins, 22 Scourge, 25 Pain, 26 Foxed, 27 Spat, 30 Cheerio, 31 Pandora, 32 Other fish to fry.

Down: 1 Sideburn, 2 Poisons, 3 Rely, 4 Tidiest, 5 Undress, 6 Taut, 7 Ranking, 8 Slide, 14 Basis, 15 Boron, 18 Bestiary, 20 Evident, 21 Stop off, 22 Sherpas, 23 Reproof, 24 Specs, 28 True, 29 Unit.

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