Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 21/04/2012

ACROSS

1 Down-home fielder coming from isolated place (6,2,7)

9 Set out taking the French alarm (7)

10 One who is prepared to wait in the surgery (7)

11 Pitch represents danger in stony soil (4-6)

12 Figure I study (4)

14 Choke pedal (8)

15 Coward consumed second dish (6)

17 One getting the measure of his customers (6)

18 Awful tirade about small advertisement that shone out (8)

21 Penny left Bess’ partner at drunken revel (4)

22 One has lots to offer (10)

24 Advancing thus on hospital rooms (7)

25 Be entering tax office, Scotsman or Southern European (7)

26 Insect removed from part held to become very angry (3,3,3,6)

DOWN

1 Ark must rehouse this beast (7)

2 Part of road used by two passenger vehicles? (4,11)

3 Eccentric got initial case (10)

4 Disallow argument concerning government (8)

5 Little one that pinches (6)

6 Which one, say, has unit of electrical power (4)

7 Excisemen dither wavering as to how to exert one’s brains (8,3,4)

8 At present entered into friendly understanding (7)

13 Comedian unravelled a rope during humorous musical work (5,5)

16 Ailments suffered underground in this (4-4)

17 How one imitated stripper? (4,3)

19 Put out of order, called in banker (7)

20 Star prepared for evening event (6)

23 In favour of fellow university lecturer shortly (4)

Friday’s solution

Across: 1 Stop at nothing, 10 Programme, 11 Lance, 12 Natter, 13 Lowdown, 14 Hoists, 16 Meat loaf, 18 Deerskin, 20 Cursor, 23 Barneys, 24 Breadth, 26 Toast, 27 Overdrawn, 28 Vegetable dish.

Down: 2 Trout, 3 Persist, 4 Timbre, 5 Overlies, 6 Halfwit, 7 Non-porous, 8 Open the debate, 9 Penny farthing, 15 Inebriate, 17 Diaspora, 19 Spectre, 21 Upended, 22 Abseil, 25 Draws.

Last week’s solution

Across: Sleeping-draught, 9 Lautrec, 10 Noblest, 11 Finance, 12 Relearn, 13 Expressionless, 15 Overindulgence, 21 Treacle, 22 Gehenna, 23 Leaking, 24 Enslave, 25 At the crossroads.

Down: 1 Spliff, 2 Equinox, 3 Partners in crime, 4 Nucleus, 5 Denarii, 6 Ambulance-chaser, 7 Grenade, 8 Titaness, 14 Tortilla, 16 Elegant, 17 Dredger, 18 Legless, 19 Cantata, 20 Caress.