Cryptic Crossword - The Scotsman 11/09/13

Across

1 Perform some playful behaviour and injure oneself (2,1,8)

9 Type of nose? (5)

10 Steak and free beer? (11)

11 Remove dirt from heathland (5)

12 He will give expression of triumph in Spain about hospital, unbearable place (8)

14 Searcher at the sale? (8)

15 Thinks over collections of written material (7)

17 Examine second tent first (7)

20 Clothing business’ revised art grade (3,5)

21 Evict Pluto? (8)

24 Play monotonously, that’s almost the spirit (5)

25 Fine place for scoring a goal? (7,4)

26 In the Mediterranean a Cretan pearl (5)

27 Working as a compositor arranging pattern first (11)

DOWN

2 Invigorating air for one under weight (5)

3 Melt a remarkable alloy (5)

4 Overcome difficulties on French hill (8)

5 Horse to bolt hearing sirens (7)

6 Newcomers, inexperienced chaps (8)

7 Pet dreaming about having been imbued with qualities of another substance (11)

8 Five in revised subroutine are inconspicuous (11)

12 Worker said to be correcting script (11)

13 Where bags may be put on torturous frame? (7,4)

16 Whore’s square musical instrument (8)

18 Fresh state in oriental liqueur (8)

19 Without delay I am leaving to act as go-between (7)

22 Fierce attack on TV (5)

23 Grumble at organ arrangement (5)

Tuesday’s solution:

Across: 1 Packets, 5 Swarm, 11 Put on a bold front, 12 Coda, 13 Drugs, 14 Otto, 17 Discus, 18 Thermal, 20 Vessels, 22 Climes, 24 Reap, 25 Rains, 26 Cava, 29 Tell one’s for tune, 30 Stalk, 31 Argyles.

Down: 2 A study in scarlet, 3 King, 4 Tabards, 6 Wife, 7 Room temperature, 8 and 9 Space flight, 10 Strolls, 15 Aches, 16 Denim, 19 Overate, 21 Seated, 22 Conifer, 23 Wager, 27 Toil,28 Dray.