Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 23/05/2013

ACROSS

7 Track down tramp, of course (5)

8 Put off having to heat up diets (9)

10 Make an old decrepit plane carry a final spare part (6)

11 Makes out that most of the newspapers take care (8)

12 Come to grief on line, having run aground over it (8)

13 Performs with amateur civic theatre society, initially (4)

15 Concentrate on the essential part, in reality (7)

17 I’m having to tail one turning out for the National Guard (7)

20 Recovered from the effects of some new discoveries (4)

22 Attacks crimes of the receivers of stolen property (8)

25 Recognised official example, in principle (8)

26 Fasten part of a branch, originally (6)

27 Was about to ring one working for uprising (9)

28 Trap managed to get into the south-east (5)

DOWN

1 Lets one rise in order to disinfect things (9)

2 Content to go round ancient city in high spirits (8)

3 Left side followed deep into a safe haven (7)

4 Rattle 11, upset by men of letters (8)

5 Keen to let officer have the last word (6)

6 Is prepared to study geography (or botany), finally (5)

9 Advance will finish, at last (4)

14 Will the team have to get on with dresser? (9)

16 Cuts short brief cruise, moving second to last (8)

18 Find spotless bar, once; about time (8)

19 Take issue later, but keeps going (5,2)

21 Amateur abandons entries to sports stadiums (6)

23 Begin to look into profitable accommodation (4)

24 Toughen up letters, right away (5)

Wednesday’s solution

Across: 1 Scripted, 6 Pass by, 9 Rye, 10 Benghazi, 11 Ravage, 12 Trio, 13 Nudist camp, 15 Happy-go-lucky, 18 Balance sheet, 21 Restrained, 23 Rove, 24 Delphi, 26 Formerly, 27 Nil, 28 Old lag, 29 Yachting.

Down: 2 Cherry, 3 In good heart, 4 Twain, 5 Drip-dry, 6 Periscope, 7 Sov, 8 Big smoke, 14 Counterfeit, 16 Packaging, 17 Farewell, 19 Sandfly, 20 Avalon, 22 Doric, 25 Pal