Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 06/03/2012

Across

1 Being on downward path when visiting racetrack (5,2,3,4)

9 Odour of sodium starting to develop (7)

10 Dog and another animal perish (7)

11 Arranges for schoolmaster to return with gravity (4)

12 Clean out my pet’s mess (5)

13 Insinuation that rules are retrogressive out east (4)

16 Unipart possibly goes to London by rail (2,5)

17 Score has been taken into extremes today (6)

19 First two stay out of bed – otherwise found in trance (6)

22 Detective’s team are all women (7)

25 Spirit finishes up in drama all denigrate (4)

26 Brief apology for self-catering employment (5)

27 Reported to aim ball at trunk of tree (4)

30 Tower constructed by a military engineer in perfect condition (7)

31 Conflagration at university said to be something that brings people together (7)

32 Psychological vulnerability unlikely – we talk sense, man! (6,8)

Down

1 and 24 Favourable conditions result in long sessions at school (8,5)

2 Clear understanding is not far off (7)

3 Reported to give Scots butter (4)

4 Empire sofa (7)

5 First have a piece in your own environment (7)

6 Tot seen by doctor in the morning (4)

7 Is religious programme all the deity gets? (3,4)

8 and 18 Very soul at the centre of Tynecastle (5,2,6)

14 He’s portrayed in central photograph (5)

15 Can a brute become a saint? (5)

18 See 8

20 The original artist takes on one born to be apprentice (7)

21 Clear it away for solo performance (7)

22 Argument about stupid English (7)

23 Suffer when nothing’s easing off round about (7)

24 See 1 down

28 Worry about guitar section (4)

29 Triumph over a thousand with knowing look (4)

Across: 1 Good will, 5 Sparse, 9 Tapering, 10 Donate, 12 Breadline, 13 Point, 14 Centre, 17 Clean, 20 Loose, 21 Resist, 24 Wrong, 25 Elevation, 28 Opiate, 29 Beriberi, 30 Notice, 31 Estimate.

Down: 1 Gets by, 2 Osprey, 3 World, 4 Lungi, 6 Prospects, 7 Realised, 8 Electing, 11 Recess, 15 Energetic, 16 Turned, 18 Slow down, 19 Motorist, 22 Cinema, 23 Engine, 26 Evens, 27 Alibi.