Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 20/11/2012
ACROSS
1 Me, ditsy? Possibly, when thwarted (7)
5 Liking to take turn at dipping fish (5)
11 When the purpose is grasping what’s
going on, one canexpectaconclusion
(3,3,2,2,5)
12 Type of church furniture (4)
13 Supply fuel for the potteries (5)
14 Against removing drifting gas and
re-setting (4)
17 Redchurch gets moremoney (6)
18 Reported to run down Scottish policies
(7)
20 Heroic figures encountered where one
part of journey finishes (7)
22 Stitches inserted in tendons (6)
24 Pass fish (4)
25 Nymph reads boring notice (5)
26 Disagree with removing leading
remedy for fever (4)
29 George Orwell could have been a
comedian,aking andaprime minister
(4,6,5)
30 Cry of protest disguised in humble
attitude (5)
31 Tawse applied liberally to left and right
of loafer (7)
DOWN
2 Real thing able, eg, to be transmuted
into messenger from heaven (3,5,7)
3 What’s new and in-your-face? Beans
(4)
4 Lets pie be worked into letter (7)
6 Expel movement toback us entering
(4)
7 Like family to be serious or invite
futuredebacle (3,4,3,5)
8 Stick that is takenaway fromdog (5)
9 Having connections to Kindle novel (6)
10 A teenager initially fed up with getting
dressed (7)
15 Colossus of a soldier overseeing a set
of books (5)
16 Put me inside and apply correction (5)
19 Rough dealing brought in to orderly
arrangement (7)
21 Levels of society found at arts revival
(6)
22 Taps up middle portion of goulash with
utensil (7)
23 Became aware of original reverie in
mind (5)
27 Story of a good laugh is turned on its
head (4)
28 Be an accomplice to a gamble (4)
MONDAY’S SOLUTION
CONTRABAND~WARP
A~O~I~R~E~B~T~R
RATIONALE~LETGO
E~O~T~V~D~I~E~M
~INCITE~INTENSE
C~~~N~~~N~H~T~N
RECOGNISE~ERICA
I~O~~~M~S~~~O~D
TONIC~MISCHANCE
I~C~U~E~~~A~~~S
CLEARED~SPRITE~
I~A~A~I~P~N~H~S
SPLIT~ABASEMENT
E~E~E~T~N~S~R~O
SODA~PERSISTENT