Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 22/02/2012

Wednesday’s puzzle...

Across

1 and 12 It’s a wonder he stood astride the harbour (8,2,6)

6 Strain first Italian vehicle (4)

10 Middle Easterner coming from Nassau dined inside (5)

11 Listen without speaker’s knowledge when part of roof is to come down (9)

12 See 1 across

13 No start to devastation and fuss with pear (7)

15 Binder broken? That’s natural (6)

16 Mineral from meadows, I left normal amount (8)

19 Detergent washes hesitantly (8)

21 Group of girls on stage refrain (6)

24 Questions asked in the bar (3,4)

26 Said eight said to be composed (6)

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28 Impressed on someone’s mind it had been dyed in a fast colour (9)

29 Outcome of marriage (5)

30 Bird during summer nesting (4)

31 Remaining healthy staying with female having sex-appeal (7,3)

Down

1 Large number enquire about barrel (4)

2 Removing a huge ball, that’s ridiculous (9)

3 Cheat be successful in mending sled (7)

4 Anxious one in France, say, confused (6)

5 I veto bad arrangement that had been made unnecessary (8)

7 A fragment, one from main artery (5)

8 Taking place during forward movement (2,8)

9 Man rearranging dominos not individually to start with (6)

14 Orderly conduct from follower much liked inside (10)

17 and 18 Cornish freebooters of note (7,2,8)

20 A gun to remove sweet (6)

22 Rain had frustrated old emperor (7)

23 Exhausted like an umbrella! (4-2)

25 Start to ask earnestly at home (5)

27 Joke from first person in France, good fellow (4)

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