Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 11/03/14

Tuesday’s puzzle...
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ACROSS

1 Magazine’s opening with game watched on tv, perhaps (9,5)

9 Medical calls for European language at University (5-2)

10 Questions persistently again about shoes (7)

11 Court orders hearing at posh hotel (4)

12 Make short cut past policeman (5)

13 Agree to sail to the east (4)

16 In France he’s involved in, for example, future capacity for being stretched (7)

17 Finishing shift, Damien maybe has desire for drink (6)

19 Prospect of cockney object (6)

22 Saint who might tread on woman (7)

25 Spoken in context that tutor allocated (4)

26 Muslim virgin I visited a short time earlier (5)

27 Busy activity heard from Scots (4)

30 Hits it off, some say, with exclusive groups (7)

31 Beat on entrance to Indian cooking facility (7)

32 Unknown Neolithic inventor said to be driving (6,3,5)

DOWN

1 City sure to switch deposit (8)

2 Football team turn out on foot (7)

3 Require snap (4)

4 Carry work by name held at highest level (3,4)

5 Original arbiter of light lunch, perhaps (7)

6 Church leader who is father on earth (4)

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7 Seminar put together about possible archaeological discovery (7)

8 Western ones, for example are passageways without a source (5)

14 Striking double six with first dice (5)

15 The man with the crooked smile? (5)

18 Relating to unfortunate essential (8)

20 Real fig is brittle and easily cracked (7)

21 It’s painted gaudily by the godless (7)

22 Cancel event, perhaps, that was hastily arranged (7)

23 Resident medical officer comes in to put an edge on insulin for example (7)

24 This slot for adults only? (5)

28 Fellowship under Japanese icon leads to mount (4)

29 The white stuff? It’s nowhere to be seen (4)

Monday’s solution

Across: 1 Plastic surgeon, 9 Obvious, 10 Service, 11 Ours, 12 Banal, 13 Mind, 16 Alerted, 17 Esteem, 19 Hang-up, 22 Terrace, 25 Copy, 26 Tripe, 27 Trek, 30 Measure, 31 Overdue, 32 Keynote address.

Down: 1 Proposal, 2 Adverse, 3 Tron, 4 Custard, 5 Upstage, 6 Garb, 7 Orifice, 8 Ready, 14 Stage, 15 Store, 18 Weakness, 20 Appease, 21 Perfect, 22 Tapioca, 23 Abridge, 24 Scamp, 28 Turn, 29 Wend.

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