Cryptic crossword The Scotsman 13/12/13

Friday’s puzzle

ACROSS

1 Can’t raise port – deployed to hang about (13)

10 Gambles on speed of keyboard operation (9)

11 Eat heartily: Cheddar, for example (5)

12 Bods can be whipped up to go awol (7)

13 Get the better of first handicap beyond the boundaries (7)

14 It’s awe-inspiring being exposed to the French wind (6)

16 Miss Cole unfortunately made a grammatical error (8)

18 Is he less a man when travelling? (8)

20 Sleds run about round break (6)

23 Instrument put into car in a certain position (7)

24 Helped April when she was sick (7)

26 Tree offering better prospects when topped (5)

27 Make changes about period of aircraft instrument (9)

28 Addict is organized to make mutual planning application (5,8)

DOWN

2 Hurries to tribal last rites (5)

3 Practices in export agency (7)

4 A hospital section’s presentations (6)

5 Vibratos played in solo term (8)

6 Close cord of bedtime wear (7)

7 Scares stiff when tries fire dangerously (9)

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8 A British first-class radio enthusiast’s bank gets honour in heaven (8,5)

9 What to do if caught out in rain? Complete task successfully (3,4,3,3)

15 Prod into saving ale somehow (9)

17 Catherine puts on a riotous first performance at waterfall (8)

19 Started to wake up (preferably shaken with drink?) (7)

21 Let in again to study with German (7)

22 Bobtail accompanies to tease game (6)

25 Coffee delayed to put in tea, we hear (5)

Thursday’s solution:

Across: 1 Platoon, 5 Concord, 9 Servant, 10 Ambling, 11 Underling, 12 Plies, 13 Swear, 15 Hoodwinks, 16 Cleopatra, 18 Sonar, 21 Nails, 22 Nodulated, 24 Origami, 26 Entitle, 27 Red Flag, 28 Slender.

Down: 1 Poseurs, 2 Abridge, 3 On air, 4 Notwithstanding, 5 Change of address, 6 Nib, 7 Opinion, 8 Digests, 12 Pawns, 14 Ropes, 16 Candour, 17 Edified, 19 No tated, 20 Red deer, 23 Lathe, 25 Ail.

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