Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 12/12/2011

Monday’s puzzle...

Across

1 Recognised a Conservative had some understanding to get degree (12)

9 Strike note right after assembly (7)

10 Turn aside from a boy with stigma (7)

11 Give a classic garment to Georgia (4)

12 Exclude girl coming out once, with a little resistance (5)

13 Extend small bolt for wheel (4)

16 To conceal old American could be offensive (7)

17 With small measure, can he manage to amplify things (7)

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18 Try, for example, to get some secondhand information (7)

21 Search for an old revolutionary with the grand manner (7)

23 Recess located in the cheap seats (4)

24 Force heartless artist to run wild (5)

25 Initially, broke ranks about tiny spoilt child (4)

28 Dream about the French green (7)

29 Passed on song included in organ piece (7)

30 Bubbling over when excited and happy (12)

Down

2 Blew hot and cold about having to swap old penny (7)

3 Record a piano test piece (4)

4 Unnamed parking officials had right to become guards (7)

5 Appear to take on staff, at the end (7)

6 Make a deep cut into extra waste (4)

7 No more potty than expressionless (7)

8 Resented uni, over time, but couldn’t care less (12)

9 Get the hang of expressions that could become popular slogans (5-7)

14 Settle on land, moving top-soil to the back (5)

15 Talk about new form of singing (5)

19 East wind, conversely, can be harsh (7)

20 Young one had to take the Spanish red back, so he gave it all up (7)

21 Run into couples; that’s on grassland (7)

22 Continue to complain, and proceed to make a fuss (5,2)

26 Poor little lamb went away into France, initially (4)

27 Junta removed king from the scaffold (4)

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