Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 1/12/2011

ACROSS

3 Spade and Heart together could earn a point (5)

8 Search persistently for a narrow silk ribbon (6)

9 One’s more miserly to get close to European royalty (6)

10 Was able to take Henry to church, by accident (6)

11 Have room for small recommended book for you all (8)

12 A drowned valley in the Adriatic (3)

13 Symbol of authority in front of a dramatic location, in the main ... (6)

14 ... and manage to respect small symbols of authority ... (8)

17 ... and also manage to get across to survey (7)

19 Penetrate something in order to bisect it, we hear (3,4)

23 Table-mats designed round small crates (8)

27 Scramble, over time, to get fish (6)

29 Made a real effort, in time gone by (3)

30 Strong passion displayed by foreigner (8)

31 Respectable society took no part in moral decline (6)

32 Bring out exhibit to go on display (6)

33 At one time, small change for leather worker (6)

34 Intimidate soldiers starting to be uneasy (5)

DOWN

1 Get the very latest information about poker (3-3)

2 Move freight by truck or carriage (8)

3 See great upheaval in the lower decks (8)

4 Wrong group of players may be hopeless (7)

5 Take on small measure before down payment (6)

6 Run onto small island with books, and ramble on about them (6)

7 Tries to get the final funeral car (6)

13 Self-contained, to work with little energy, on target (5)

15 Italian runner had little time to bank (3)

16 Wash over frigate, at last, when bound to sink (5)

18 Determined to establish company to order (3)

20 Ready for engagement at the present time (2-2-4)

21 I have abandoned persuasion, taking small number to be faultless (8)

22 Was artisan turned into royalty, at one time? (7)

24 It could be wrong permit needed to escape (6)

25 Holds back ship having to go round dock (6)

26 Heard Mark’s collaborator might have to fish over netting limits (6)

28 Give the go-ahead to get a new name for a finch (6)

Across: 1 Sweet sixteen, 8 Hot seat, 9 Serious, 11 Flap, 12 Glaswegian, 14 One-way, 15 Sentinel, 17 Liniment, 19 Loofah, 22 Garrotting, 23 Lien, 25 Thicket, 26 Vintage, 27 Search-engine.

Down: 1 Satiate, 2 Ewer, 3 Tittle, 4 Insisted, 5 Turkey-trot, 6 Erosion, 7 Shaft of light, 10 Single-handed, 13 Farm worker, 16 Unstitch, 18 Nervine, 20 Frigate, 21 Uneven, 24 Anti.