Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 09/01/2012

Monday’s puzzle...

Across

1 Work out to suit a wedding rehearsal, or a trial game (8,5)

10 Can have to put up with a long snowfall (9)

11 Have little time to secure the last cable (5)

12 May establish oneself in practice (7)

13 Turned over produce to half the garden (7)

14 Gloss over result (6)

16 Cross county to hand it over (4,4)

18 Grand race for a trainee to follow (8)

20 From the front, youngster returned a hooligan (6)

23 Organ part could be a role model (7)

24 Packing in some stuff, in good order (7)

26 Over in Canada, I annoyed a nymph (5)

27 Honestly, German workers had time to get qualification (9)

28 Cruelty may suit the French, up to a point (13)

Down

2 Communicate with priest leaving to spread the Word (5)

3 Give class warning sign to get up with difficulty (7)

4 Prevail on one to sound understanding (6)

5 Find the whole of human kind in play (8)

6 Right-back replaced club’s approach to get player (7)

7 Outlaw trailed after song collector in infancy (9)

8 Man’s creating line-up through projectors (5,8)

9 Top dogs may follow cat’s eyes (7,6)

15 One day had 24 hours off with number being glum (9)

17 Found everyone had bowled in game (8)

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19 Working with organisation to get goods requested but not paid for (2,5)

21 Withdraw one’s support from a group as they perform (7)

22 Forceps used by traders, in the past (6)

25 Concepts found inside a science lab (5)

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