Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 06/03/13

Wednesday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

1 Share to allude to when in the money (10)

9 Potentially vile low-lying ground becomes South African marsh (4)

10 and 11 Secondary conjuring? (5,2,3,6)

12 Mimicry of Ray moving round gym (5)

15 World famine hasn’t started (5)

18 Lay group in church (5)

19 Discover a foreign 15 across (7)

20 Stop inside (5)

21 Arizona detective an old Mexican (5)

22 Auditor reportedly has piece used in Chinese game (7)

23 Shirt long way up part of leg! (5)

24 500 in good health live as permanent residents (5)

26 I left during a race on a slope (5)

29 and 31 Being tolerant when awarding grants (6,10)

32 Score eleven fewer (4)

33 Stinging complaint? (6,4)

DOWN

2 Wander in Cairo, ambling (4)

3 Escape journey made by air (6)

4 In the scenario, jar held wine (5)

5 Fertiliser can upside down 26 down (5)

6 His progress may be a question of time (5)

7 Cornflower fly (10)

8 and 13 Neil, stratospheric, jaunty becoming tense (10,7)

14 Whale or sea-monster reported in choppy Ural (7)

15 Extent mice could have been subjected to stimulation (10)

16 Severely rebuking for being playful (10)

17 Intuitive feeling when one left part of the body (5)

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18 Fruit-growing area, there’s no alternative in town in Somerset (5)

25 Champion with initial part of target (6)

26 An increase once more (5)

27 Let in new bay (5)

28 Terry found in the bathroom perhaps (5)

30 Leslie holds new glass (4)

Tuesday’s solution

Across: 8 Alienate, 9 Icarus, 10 Grouse, 11 Gunsmith, 12 Slag, 13 Out of order, 15 Steroid, 17 Closets, 20 In absentia, 22 Lace, 24 Diplomat, 26 Iberia, 27 Assign, 28 Sturgeon.

Down: 1 Floral, 2 Debugger, 3 Categorise, 4 Heights, 5 Lion, 6 Dammer, 7 Furthest, 14 Fallacious, 16 Tangiest, 18 Selvedge, 19 Statist, 21 Bel Air, 23 Chiton, 25 Mons.