Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 22/11/2011

Tuesday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

1 Doctor orders bionic treats (12)

9 Mince a rinsed fish (7)

10 Computer found high up on a tree (7)

11 Uncle Freddie’s odd sister starts to see flying saucers (4)

12 Comic performing in a truck (5)

13 Raise the alarm concerning fighting to the north (4)

16 Talk about Olympic event that’s on Sunday (7)

17 Old national seems A1 originally (7)

18 Caress is out of order around beginning of romance, according to alarmists (7)

21 Dumplings heard to hit wharf (7)

23 Cry when the light goes out (4)

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24 Entrenched belief I renounce, citing my Messiah complex (5)

25 Doctor sees a good bit of cross-dressing (4)

28 Unsettled sheep, well-covered with fat, see where the wind is coming from (7)

29 Start music out of doors (4,3)

30 Love, perhaps, of definite article (3,4,5)

DOWN

2 Television family found in the pub with bouts of depression (7)

3 Spare first couples in this instance (4)

4 Try to come up with space at the end of boots (7)

5 Wicked little devil has debts (7)

6 Unemployed during paid leisure (4)

7 Madman who’s a mere shell (7)

8 Partly wash hands before getting cake (6,6)

9 Ring in perfect condition (5,2,1,4)

14 Eat with royalty - great! (5)

15 Stoneworker made house in France with one bit missing (5)

19 A letter announcing exam is most sharp (7)

20 See where to evacuate pond using metrical foot (7)

21 Stew from the deep south one left because of sore mouth (7)

22 It’s sure to be moved in crate (7)

26 It’s useless, they say, to show which was the wind’s blowing (4)

27 Egyptian god put up at hotel (4)

Monday’s solution

Across: 1 Falls from grace, 9 Listens, 10 Grimace, 11 Dail, 12 Notch, 13 Ages, 16 Wagered, 17 Locust, 19 Reveal, 22 Average, 25 Lees, 26 Anise, 27 Hall, 30 Brittle, 31 Ginseng, 32 Aggrandisement.

Down: 1 Fall down, 2 Listing, 3 Stem, 4 Respond, 5 Magical, 6 Ruin, 7 Charges, 8 Tease, 14 Creed, 15 Acted, 18 Red light, 20 Evening, 21 Lantern, 22 Assegai, 23 Acadame, 24 Slabs, 28 Stir, 29 Once.