Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 07/06/13

Friday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

8 Practise touching funeral car (8)

9 First woman Edward smoothed over (6)

10 Rest came up to take in record (6)

11 One type of lingerie I’ve found to be rubbing (8)

12 Hide liberal stowaway in store (4)

13 Is bull’s eye found in mortuary? (4,6)

15 Suits he ruins during uproar in Scotland (7)

17 Is it true that wise men prescribe medicines? (7)

20 The poor sap is all mixed up with indication that something’s missing (10)

22 Pop piece on board (4)

24 Get off scot free when notice comes in of skylarking (8)

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26 Obama, crumbling, takes last chance with something microscopic and shapeless (6)

27 Time is of the essence here in finding the original civilised fellow (6)

28 In a jerky way, oddly (8)

DOWN

1 Problem with flash photography? Make a different colour using mid-green (3-3)

2 As Boeing crashed, offered flowers (8)

3 One object left in chip pan is more intimate (10)

4 Find a route for quiet vacation (7)

5 Fashion leaders gauge every aspect right (4)

6 Spring, for example, like born mariner? (6)

7 Lining up for every bit of poetry is just being awkward (8)

14 Goes along with grocery store online charges (10)

16 Videos attempt to portray decorative cloth (8)

18 Sanctioned specific program that wandered all over the place (8)

19 See push moved to Roman city (7)

21 One who builds fine furniture may also be mover (6)

23 Blow by blow becoming unsteady (6)

25 Skills displayed in removing tops of pies (4)

Thursday’s solution

Across: 1 Supersonic, 6 Spot, 10 Costume, 11 Turns up, 12 Head gear, 13 Scams, 15 Roster, 17 Domineer, 19 Moderate, 21 Feeble, 24 Naira, 25 Accosted, 28 Oilskin, 29 Another, 30 Side, 31 Adventures.

Down: 1 Sack, 2 Posters, 3 Round, 4 Opened, 5 Interior, 7 Pas sage, 8 Tapestries, 9 Prestige, 14 Tremendous, 16 Earmarks, 18 Strained, 20 Drilled, 22 Blether, 23 Scrape, 26 Sport, 27 Eros.

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