Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 13/04/2012

ACROSS

1 Sign of approval that’s nice, though one’s not present, and gives capacity to endure (8)

5 Man on canal calls for Indian snack (6)

10 Time and money are the problem (7)

11 Giving one’s view of love and longing (7)

12 Religious official established code of law (5)

13 Big foot can squash cat in pieces (9)

14 Sees seven, for it’s unfortunately one thing after another (6,2,6)

17 Heard to curse old salesman, or traduce at first with derogatory appraisal (8,6)

21 Dab, for example, at leisurely game where one goes endlessly round and round (9)

23 Delighted to be broadcasting (2,3)

24 Catch 10 in riot that’s a shambles (7)

25 Singe it carelessly and it catches fire (7)

26 Soaking wet earth taken to study (6)

27 Passed away month with no bother before date (8)

DOWN

1 Puts children in path of coup (6)

2 Recount move to defeat (7)

3 Spy boss reportedly to prevent ruler building up support (9)

4 Blue Cottage, say, at Kentish Town produces traditional snack (6,8)

6 Farewell to the French about to expire (5)

7 Shine when information includes inventory (7)

8 Encourage to hurry away with utensil (8)

9 Shortfall in arrangement gets ripe comedown (4,2,8)

15 Loving up with leading elegant setting and exclusive place at airport (3,6)

16 Educates about century’s buildings (8)

18 Lost girl, we hear, meets ‘fate worse than death’ (7)

19 Hear about singers in marketplaces (7)

20 Forced to say what was most valued (6)

22 Immerse oneself in combat hell (5)

Thursday’s solution

Across: 1 Late, 3 Apparently, 10 Spineless, 11 Nesta, 12 Rakes, 13 Gun metal, 15 Sparred, 17 Chats up, 19 Residue, 21 Lineage, 22 Matching, 24 Recur, 27 Lance, 28 Isolation, 29 Meddlesome, 30 Cede.

Down: 1 Last resort, 2 Trick, 4 Pledged, 5 Arsenic, 6 Ernie, 7 Tasman Sea, 8 Year, 9 Censored, 14 Appearance, 16 Abstained, 18 Abnormal, 20 Elicits, 21 Lugworm, 23 Creel, 25 Chime, 26 Plum.