Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 06/06/2015

Saturday’s puzzle...
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Compact crossword, The Scotsman, 06/06/2015

ACROSS

1 Rider has to display item of clothing (10)

9 Drill used by roadside (4)

10 Author free in Paris to go with teetotaller first (10)

11 Some boys’ term for marine creature (6)

12 Following behind the Queen (5)

15 Following behind the Queen (5)

18 Mum put on mat finish with gesture of indifference (5)

19 Remixed hit song as soon as presented (2,5)

20 To the Parisian going round with exit, goodbye (5)

21 Love taking vessel round eastern sea (5)

22 New male across the Channel (7)

23 and 24 Would-be imposing sum (5,5)

26 Saw composition for nine be rejected (5)

29 Energetic performance I have concluded (6)

31 Balances article in aide-memoires (10)

32 Large town, it is in outer limits of county (4)

33 Help cockney man to run away from king’s attendant (4-2-4)

DOWN

2 Chairman’s holding the locks (4)

3 Bird’s endless trill (6)

4 and 5 To a certain extent as far as projecting piece of land (2,2,1,5)

6 Moving arm up and down (5)

7 Be having period under canvas, it’s an improvement (10)

8 Jack, first native Australian (10)

13 Start of fault is certain to produce crack (7)

14 I’d left Coleridge confused over Spanish painter (2,5)

15 Go first, have quick look at grey mineral (4,6)

16 Journey with new attire in three sections (10)

17 Plump for some drinks (5)

18 Plump for a drink (5)

25 Beast I had put in charge of compound (6)

26 Trespass into army land (5)

27 Scotsman turns these days to wanderer (5)

28 Scotsman turns these days to nymph (5)

30 Beat large number getting drink (4)

Friday’s solution

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Across: 8 Autobahn, 9 Orator, 10 Flambé, 11 Made over, 12 Owen, 13 Talk turkey, 15 Parsnip, 17 Disable, 20 Misteaches, 22 Styx, 24 Stranger, 26 Donors, 27 Bidets, 28 Teuchtar.

Down: 1 Outlaw, 2 Hormones, 3 Palestrina, 4 Anomaly, 5 Fold, 6 Labour, 7 Foretell, 14 Thus side up, 16 Aviatrix, 18 Absinthe, 19 Charity, 21 Teasel, 23 Yorker, 25 Gust.

Last week’s solution

Across: 1 Carafe, 4 Peaceful, 9 Extend, 10 Stimulus, 12 Station wagon, 15 Ownership, 17 Odeon, 18 Runic, 19 Sacred cow, 20 Asparagus pea, 24 Hyacinth, 25 Shrimp, 26 Dominica, 27 Craned.

Down: 1 Chessboard, 2 Retraining 3 Fungi, 5 Extra-special, 6 Cameo role, 7 Fall, 8 Last, 11 Enthusiastic, 13 Perception, 14 Snow-capped, 16 Recession, 21 Usher, 22 Chad, 23 Warm.

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