Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 18/05/2012

Friday’s puzzle...

1 Show contempt, additionally, towards east European attention to smart appearance (4,3,6)

10 Ancestral building seen in Red Rose House (9)

11 Composed with dull repetition, we hear (5)

12 I pour eg soup for camp follower (7)

13 There’s danger in wager about joint (7)

14 Heart watch? (6)

16 Kind of motive to rule riot out (8)

18 Role cuff plays is compelling (8)

20 Utensil found in untidy garret (6)

23 Standoffish at a dance (7)

24 Experience ground round East (7)

26 Put it at about a hundred to back plants (5)

27 There’s nothing in orders for tough units (9)

28 Begin astride child’s horse and perhaps factor in cheeky request for money (7,6)

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2 Entertainment introduced in deadpan tone (5)

3 Down-and-out will be told to walk all over (7)

4 Underlying deposit’s done the requisite (6)

5 A high shot returned to soldier in conic section (8)

6 Rat’s battery nearly flat? (7)

7 Inventory of animals’ lean-to (9)

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8 Pigeons taking to the skies in imaginary scenario (6,2,5)

9 Words from marriage ceremony to gambler — bankrupt, even (6,2,5)

15 Take care round handling of Egyptian figure (9)

17 Man in the street an opportunity for landlord (8)

19 Leaving with exciting omission of first clause (7)

21 Make new plan for communist boat (7)

22 Double change of heart in underground access leading to loch (6)

25 Poor grade may result in going off one’s head (5)

Thursday’s solution

Across: 1 Electro-magnet, 10 Istle, 11 Foretaste, 12 Important, 13 Recap, 14 Galleon, 16 Damp air, 19 Aroused, 20 Stratum, 21 Inert, 23 Sensation, 25 Enfolding, 26 India, 27 Press releases.

Down: 2 Let up, 3 Cheerless, 4 Refrain, 5 Merited, 6 Gator, 7 East coast, 8 Filing cabinet, 9 Temperamental, 15 Looked for, 17 Margarita, 19 Dossier, 20 Senegal, 22 Tolls, 24 Indue.