Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 17/07/2012

Tuesday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

1 For example, to die for work out due to toast, perhaps and ... (6,2,6)

9 ... get lean to become chic (7)

10 Wild weather has ripped through an event (7)

11 Call to celebrate a cheese (4)

12 Reportedly buy paper (5)

13 Award end-of-war celebration to soldier (4)

16 Covertly listens to insects (7)

17 Is apple thrown into loch a cause of rising? (6)

19 Second-sighted sorceress who could perform transformation (6)

22 Gunners go on shipping line with curious woman (7)

25 Set out to lead lord to treasure (4)

26 Tick off, being at first sour and chilly (5)

27 Father’s lumbago contracted in unhealthy area (4)

30 In retrospective exhibition again artist falls (7)

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31 Repairs brakes, for example, when dependent on getting new component (7)

32 How cold the qualifications of tv inspector! (7,2,5)

DOWN

1 Be my guest when you consider yourself available (4,4)

2 When egg initially placed in kitchen utensil it will get bigger (7)

3 Horse that’s not relevant to alternative when mounted (4)

4 Tax oils used in recipe for soup (7)

5 Writer who will make good subject for portrait (7)

6 Shade crucial to display colour of unbleached linen (4)

7 Nice day to concoct poison (7)

8 Prize and honour awarded in the Netherlands (5)

14 Where to stash money for pet (5)

15 Predicts hostilities from pole to pole (5)

18 Mare most likely to become a monkey (8)

20 Squash champion may be Scottish hero (7)

21 The race is off in specified area (7)

22 Friend more confused to be found in Italy (7)

23 Is city in Orange County home to marmalade cat? (7)

24 Factor of information contained in automatic transmission (5)

28 Is Jimmy mired in this bog? (4)

29 Split doesn’t finish with staff symbol (4)

Monday’s solution

Across: 1 Against the grain, 9 Grovelling, 10 Allow, 11 Mites, 12 Schooners, 13 Naomi, 15 Cordon off, 17 Sculpture, 19 Sober, 21 Moderator, 23 Blast, 24 Targe, 25 Hit parade, 26 From top to bottom.

Down: 1 Arguments, 2 About to, 3 Needs, 4 Tries, 5 High horse, 6 Glamorous, 7 All we do, 8 Newts, 14 Imperfect, 15 Courtship, 16 First team, 18 Undergo, 20 Blatant, 21 Motif, 22 Ratio, 23 Beano