Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 11/03/15

Wednesday’s puzzle
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ACROSS

1 Where water goes when it ceases to exist (4,3,8)

9 Got acne from one of the same family (7)

10 Prefer venturing inside being eagerly enthusiastic (7)

11 I have no disjointed novel (7)

12 He, during Wednesday, with left foot out, will cajole (7)

12 Lead sulphide from a man in Georgia (6)

14 Naive person at home without money (8)

16 Some whinger, manic-depressive coming from the country (8)

18 Comment about leading mariner on boat (6)

22 See what another has to say (3-4)

23 Boxer’s two-wheeler? (7)

24 Seek loo out and give it a brief inspection (4-3)

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25 Third of a guinea a princess from India had or money from Paraguay (7)

26 Lee interacted with no unco-ordinated friendly understanding (7,8)

DOWN

1 Avoiding going under (7)

2 Joker had last part of bird (7)

3 What tutor should do is to reprimand and show individual their fault (5,3,1,6)

4 Viewer permitted loophole (6)

5 Where those who are red play on the football pitch? (4-4)

6 Potential danger of engineer to come down in Kent (6,2,7)

7 On with payment that’s in arrears (7)

8 Restate revised legal extract (7)

15 Cares about sightseer having vivid imagination (5,3)

16 Sea where girl and I may find shelter (7)

17 Hit the drink in sympathy (7)

19 State a novice, sailor and a master (7)

20 In a trek around loch (7)

21 Slow in scoring (6)

Tuesday’s solution

Across: 1 Cup final ticket, 9 Migrant, 10 Reloans, 11 Leer, 12 Spivs, 13 Robe, 16 Entropy, 17 Depart, 10 Boards, 22 Procure, 25 Wilt, 26 Amber, 27 Scut, 30 Kindest, 31 Rhubarb, 32 Constantinople.

Down: 1 Complies, 2 Pigment, 3 Ivan, 4 Autopsy, 5 Thrived, 6 Calm, 7 Enamour, 8 Ashes, 14 Cobra, 15 Spoon, 18 Testable, 20 Orlando, 21 Sumatra, 22 Pierrot, 23 Unclamp, 24 Awoke, 28 Leas, 29 Burn.