Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 20/06/13

Thursday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

8 Works in the theatre, with production ready for comeback (8)

9 Left a man confused by a wild creature (6)

10 Join successful revolution before the French (6)

11 A team director started out rather biased (3-5)

12 For second time, I run into a storm (4)

13 Painstaking approach to one state (10)

15 Climber tried out new line (7)

17 Two little girls left in a quandary (7)

20 Pass over, in advance, then put your foot down (10)

22 Move right along, having left work by eight, initially (4)

24 Workers led by witches in mutual agreement (8)

26 Look to run, for example, a little way (6)

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27 Was in the doghouse for ship having to take new name (6)

28 Goes on at length about dances on holiday (5,3)

DOWN

1 Run into stream to get some new growth (6)

2 Is ready to do a little homework on a left-winger (8)

3 Go along with policy to make things less complicated (10)

4 Guards manage to score over Times (7)

5 Blamed the centre for being unsatisfactory (4)

6 After taking first right, I’m in Italian resort (6)

7 Removes target as one prepares to fire (5,3)

14 Get round to noxious plants as sources of oil (5,5)

16 Was hemmed in, packed like sardines in the end (8)

18 In lieu, goes off to pay tribute to another (8)

19 Surpass English flower with model trophy (7)

21 Players told to leave, at some stage (6)

23 Timeless integrity had force to wipe the slate clean (6)

25 Qualified seaman left Spain behind (4)

Wednesday’s solution

Across: 1 Level off, 5 Faster, 10 Shrivel, 11 Thin air, 12 Iliac, 13 Seneschal, 14 Antidepressant, 17 Upside-down cake, 21 Monarchic, 23 Inner, 24 Tanagra, 25 Opening, 26 Lambda, 27 Especial.

Down: 1 Lassie, 2 Version, 3 Love child, 4 Full speed ahead, 6 Amiss, 7 trachea, 8 Rurality, 9 St Andrew’s Cross, 15 Sacrilege, 16 Gunmetal, 18 Synonym, 19 Kon-tiki, 20 Frugal, 22 Raged.

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