Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 21/12/2011

ACROSS

1 Bridge player still cold (11)

9 Article cheers Greek character (5)

10 Adds fifties over female line (7,4)

11 Oh dear, there is a deficit (5)

12 Recovering during exchange of shots in first game (8)

14 Ruin note about elementary particle (8)

15 I name more healthy respirator (7)

17 Unscrupulous person is more bashful going round street (7)

20 Tree-dwelling wild boar actually existing (8)

21 Met hasty characters damaging precious stone (8)

24 Rising getting a head start in Mosaic law (5)

25 Boiler caver damaged, it cannot be recalled (11)

26 Cunning female found number in rambling vine (5)

27 One trying to retain colour on golf-course (5-6)

DOWN

2 Lady short time with republicans (5)

3 Coming in to talk about everything added together (5)

4 Softie travelling about freezing-point in type of skiing (3-5)

5 Go down in the passage for pasta dish (7)

6 Surreptitious tales fabricated before time by Harry heartlessly (8)

7 Vengeful, damaging a toy trailer (11)

8 Where soldiers go again in the wrong order (4,2,5)

12 Set busy emitting radiation (11)

13 Cable hoaxer twisted round halberd (8,3)

16 How cross dog might be swaying from side to side (8)

18 Preparatory washing-up? (8)

19 Ogle at lady shortly, I say (4,3)

22 Lift to interminable place of happiness (5)

23 Soothe included among phrasal verbs (5)

Tuesday’s solution

Across: 1 Spectrometer, 9 Gossoon, 10 Tumshie, 11 Brit, 12 Feuds, 13 Pert, 16 Tandems, 17 Riposte, 18 Escaper, 21 Sacking, 23 Only, 24 Woman, 25 Mega, 28 Rampart, 29 Plinths, 30 The apple cart.

Down: 2 Passion ,3 Crop, 4 Runners, 5 Matador, 6 Tome, 7 Reheels, 8 Weather glass, 9 Go by the board, 14,26 Tempt fate, 15 Specs, 19 Calumet, 20 Rooftop, 21 Scalpel, 22 Inepter, 27 Disc.