Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 11/12/13

Wednesday’s puzzle...
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ACROSS

1 River rose out of lake (9)

9 River rose (6)

10 Rough part of forest old widow cultivated (8)

11 Vegetable by mid-month from the country (6)

12 Whipped us some dessert (6)

14 Key for small bed (4)

15 It can be found in the barn (5)

16 Natural protection for the viewer (6)

18 Work by reporters who dominate harshly (7)

21 Last character be included with ease, say, by New Testament character (7)

24 Work of an artist confused our Eve (6)

26 Stop in Panama (5)

30 Old pupil left in charge of poems (4)

31 What to do in the morning to stir up feelings (6)

32 Lack of desire or despair (2,4)

33 It is not on for a sailor to bowl thus (8)

34 Stop remixing old hit (4,2)

35 It was built to obstruct (9)

DOWN

2 He runs daily or weekly perhaps (6)

3 Senior held estimate inside (6)

4 Nameless furious lady (6)

5 Dunce I’d mistakenly brought on (7)

6, 22 and 23 Very detailed description of the hurricane (4-2-4,7)

7 Had nothing to do with one’s thumbs (8)

8 Rereading version by soldier (9)

11 Persistent attack from group of herons (5)

13 Cousin erroneously included this mathematical ratio (4)

17 and 19 Be lost in the bathroom? (2,4,3,8)

20 Undressed kid made legal claim with energy (5)

22 See 6 down

23 See 6 down

25 Organised Pinero to enlist (4,2)

27 Jocular Donald included some bacon (6)

28 Slender northern pointer (6)

29 Spirit to keep you on the move (6)

Tuesday’s solution

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Across: 1 Bombsite, 5,6dn Acting chair, 10 Sensate, 11 Shampoo, 12 Crash, 13 Neoprenes, 14 Had the starters, 17 The king’s speech, 21 Decompose, 23 Pulse, 24 Overrun, 25 Viewing, 26 Sparse, 27 Stushies.

Down: 1 Bisect, 2 Mandala, 3 Spaghetti, 4 The underground, 7 Impinge, 8 Grossest, 9 As soft as velvet, 15 Re-express, 16 Studious, 18 Excreta, 19 Cellini, 20 Deigns, 22 Mores.

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